A direct democracy is a democracy in which members of the public vote on laws. They make the political decisions in the country. Compare with representative democracy, one that elects people to make and vote on the laws for them. An example of a republic with a large degree of direct democracy would be Switzerland.
Because most of the voters were in the northern cities. though linconln won them, he only go on average 55% of the vote in each of the states that he won, and douglas took 40%, so he had a lot of the country, but no electoral votes
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