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state. Yet, more accurately, the U.S. is a democratic republic, where the citizens who are entitled to vote have the power to elect representatives in various branches of the government to rule. Such form of democracy, where the people elect (directly or indirectly) representatives to rule is a representative democracy, and although its name suggests it to be, representative democracy is significantly different than a true democracy. The word democracy is derived from the Latin words “demos” and “kratia”

to form a way to govern ourselves whether it was with a representative democracy, monarchy, or dictatorship along with many other forms of government. Of all these forms of government a representative democracy has been appraised as the best form of government by many civilized nations, but a representative democracy still has an array of issues which are not the fault of the government itself. The blame lies on the people. A representative democracy requires for the people living under that democracy

to come. There have always been various structures and frameworks, socialism, communism, etc, in which you can construct a country’s government from, but the United States of America picking a representative democracy, or a republic, made this country as great as it is. To break down why a representative democracy is really the only choice for the United States of America Government,

separates us from savages which is if we are going to pick a form of government we should choose one that benefits many and is representative of the population. Direct democracy is where the people directly vote on policy initiatives meanwhile representative government is where we elect people to represent us in government and they vote based on our interest. I believe that representative government is the best form of government because people choose the people in power and are represented adequately most

Representative democracy is a modified version of our government now. It is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. This is very similar to what goes on now because of the two parties and the election. The Greeks came up with the representative government as a solution for the direct democracy. The democratic democracy was a form of government where all eligible citizens had to vote for every issue. It

Australia is a Representative Democracy, which is an electoral system where the public gets to choose who represents them in both houses of parliament, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The people elect the candidates to which they would like to see who puts forward their interests and concerns. Those elected meet in parliament to discuss and make laws on behalf of the whole community. A translation of democracy means ‘the power of the people’ which comes from an ancient Greek and philosophical

this essay I am to outline what a direct democracy would look like in modern Ireland and show both the advantages and disadvantages of this type of democracy in comparison to representative democracy. I will be arguing that, despite its flaws, some aspects of direct democracy should be implemented into the current representative democracy which exists in Ireland. I will be primarily using the writings of Karl Marx, other Marxist philosophers and Aristotle to reference my answer. These writings are undoubtably

Form: Representative Democracy Example: United State of America The Representative Democracy of Afghanistan I found: According to our class readings Types of Democracy Saylor: “ A Representative Democracy political arrangement establishes an intermediary political actor between the individual and the policy outputs of the state.” (Saylor, 2012) Our Government is formed by a Constitution that is based on three levels Executive, legislative, and judicial. Our president elections

rule the country themselves. Getting all together and hashing out how their country will be ran. A Representative Democracy is where the people vote on someone to make their decisions for them. Obviously a direct democracy is favorable but when you grow to size of thousands than millions of people it becomes an unrealistic expectation to get everyone to agree to do it one way or another. A representative democracy or a republic is a much more feasible option for highly populated areas. Republics are

Many people believe that America is a democracy; these people are not wrong; however, the more accurate term would be a ‘representative democracy’. The reason behind this is, as opposed to every citizen going to the polls and voting on each public issue, we have elected officials that vote based on their constituents preferences. Since it is the people that elect these representatives, it is critical that public opinion be taken into consideration. However, regardless of how we gather our data, bias