AUSTRIA VS UNITED

STATES
Alexis Shindledecker

TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT
Austria

United States
Title of Leader: President

Title of Leader: President

Name of Current Leader:

Name of Current Leader:

Barack Obama

Heinz Fischer

Elected

Elected

Length of Term: 4 years

Length of Term: 6 years

Qualifications: 35 years old;

Qualifications: Must be

Natural Born Citizen; 14 years

eligible to vote in the National

of Residence

Assembly election; 35 years old

TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT
United States

Austria

Name of their

Name of their

lawmaking body:

lawmaking body: The

Congress

Austrian Parliament

Bicameral

Bicameral

How many people: 535

How many people: 245

TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT
Freedom of Speech: Cannot deny the Holocaust
Freedom of Religion: They may practice what ever
they want
Right to Bear Arms: 5 Catergories:

Forbidden and Military Weapons

Weapons Requiring Permission
Weapons Requiring Registration
Other Weapons
Less Effective Weapons

POLITICAL PARTIES
United States
Two Party System
Main Parties:
Democrats: Liberal
Republicans:
Conservative

Austria
Multiparty System
Main Parties:
Social Democratic Party: Social
Democracy
Austrian Peoples Party:
Conservatism, Christian Democracy
Freedom Party of Austria: RightWing Populism, National
Conservatism
The Greens: Green Politics
Team Stronach: Euroscepticism,
Economic Liberalism
NEOS- The New Austria: Liberalism

ELECTIONS AND VOTING

United States

Austria

Voting Age: 18 years old

Voting age: 16 years old

Qualifications: Must be

Qualifications: Permanent

US Citizen

residence in Austria; if you are

Frequency of Elections:
Every year
Type of Elections:
Primaries, General

in prison for over a year, you

lose your voting rights.
Type of Elections: Two Main;
Head of State- 6 years
National Council- 5 years

TA X E S A N D G O V E R N M E N T F I N A N C E
United States
Income Tax: Yes
Other Ways of Making Money:

Individual Taxes, Payroll Taxes,

Austria
Income Tax: Yes
Other Ways of Making

Excise Taxes

Money: Individual Taxes

Military: $530 Billion

Military: $3.5 Million

Education: $632 Billion (5.5%)

Education: 5.4%

Healthcare: $2.8 Trillion

(16.9%)

Healthcare: 11.1%

LAW
Austria

United States
Total Crimes: 11.88

Total Crimes: 552,411

million

Prison Population: 8,273

Prison Population:
2,239,751

Punishments: Has not had

the death penalty since 1950
Court System: Judicial

Punishments: Death

system is independent of the

Penalty

executive and legislative

Court System: Judicial

system is independent of
the executive and

branches

CURRENT RELATIONS
Austria and the United States currently have
bilateral relations
They are partners in promoting global security and
prosperity
The United States provides no foreign assistance to
Austria