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    prominent example of a democracy, as it was the first modern state to elect a president as the head of the 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

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    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 as citizens to be diligent

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    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,

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    (2005) defined modern democracy in three-part as “government of the people”, “government by the people” and “government for the people”. Democracy started in Greek around 500 B.C. with the simple meaning of people with power, nowadays democracy could be separate into two forms the direct democracy and the representative democracy. In this essay, I will argue that democracy is in crisis from the following aspect, fail of the direct democracy, the decline of representative democracy and the eroded right

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    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 of the time. Direct democracy can only work in small states in my opinion

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    I think that a republic is the best form of government. A Republic is another word for Representative Democracy. A republic is a form of government where nobody has ultimate power or makes all decisions. It is run on a system of checks and balances. This is good because then one person won't get too carried away with power, or if one person has a bad idea, other people can veto, or say no to that idea so that the country doesn't make too many bad decisions as a whole. Also, all of the people in the

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