What is the Structure of \the Us govenment?

Question

The judicial, Executive, and the Legislative branch ,

I also need to no the election process, and the function \/responsiblities of both, who ever answer will get 10 points this is for my AP govenment assignment

Answer 1

The Judicial Branch is the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) consisting of nine members who have the job for life (unless they choose to resign).  They are nominated by the President at the time and have to be confirmed by the US Senate.  Their job is to rule on whether laws passed by any authority (Federal, State, City) are Constitutional.

The Executive Branch is the President (PROTUS) and his Cabinet.  They are largely responsible for foreign policy and proposing laws to Congress.

The Legislative Branch is the US Congress consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.  They pass or reject laws proposed by the President, and can propose laws of their own.

Each Branch has a more detailed explanation on their own website, which you may find it helpful to visit.

Answer 2

The elections process for the President and VP (POTUS and VPOTUS) is like this:

You cast a vote in your state of residence, let's say Rhode Island.  And let's say you cast a vote for the ticket of Bush/Cheney.  You are not actually casting an individual vote for Bush or Cheney.  What you are actually doing is casting a vote for a block of people called 'Electors'.  In the US, the POTUS and VPOTUS are chosen by the Electoral College.  The Electoral College is made up of Electors, chosen by political parties.  Each state has the same number of electors as they have total representation in Congress, for example:

Rhode Island has 3 congressional delegates: 2 Senators and 1 representative.  So the state of Rhode Island has 3 electoral votes.  

The Rhode Island state political parties elect or appoint their 3 representatives to the Electoral College before the general election.  

So when you vote for Bush/Cheney, you are actually voting for the 3 electors that have pledged themselves to Bush/Cheney.  Let's say there are 2 Million voters in Rhode Island.  As soon as Bush/Cheney receive more than half the possible votes (1 Million) in that state, it can be said that state belongs to Bush/Cheney, because the 3 Electors pledged to Bush/Cheney will actually vote for POTUS/VPOTUS in December of the election year.  Larger states, such as California or Texas, have many more electoral votes, and because of that candidates tend to concentrate their efforts in those states.

Currently there are 538 members of the Electoral college, so a candidate ticket needs 270 electoral college votes to win the POTUS/VPOTUS election.  

US Senators and Representatives are elected by popular vote in their respective states.