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Digiron [165]
3 years ago
9

What is the difference between a direct democracy and indirect (Representative) democracy? Which one is the US?

History
1 answer:
Firdavs [7]3 years ago
6 0

Explanation:

Representative democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives as opposed to a direct democracy, a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.

Direct democracy was not what the framers of the United States Constitution envisioned for the nation. They saw a danger in tyranny of the majority. As a result, they advocated a representative democracy in the form of a constitutional republic over a direct democracy

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