Review: Presidential and Parliamentary vary by levels of independence. Pres: - Responsible to the "people" not legislative branch - Power is diffuse and slower than direct work with legislative - Fixed tenure Parliament: - More oversight from the legislature - PM Responsible to Legislative Branch - Concentrated power (theoretically more timely and efficient) - (Mostly) unfixed tenure Takeaway - Parliamentary systems *tend* to be more stable, efficient, accountable - Presidential System tends to separate powers better because of Checks and Balances, as long as legislative branch retains this spirit. - In the US, this hasn't exactly happened - But this has only mostly changed because the Senate used to be elected entirely independently of popular vote