Examples Of Representative Democracy In America

In America, we have a representative democracy, which means a form of government in which the will of majority is expressed through groups of individuals elected by the people to act as their representatives. In simpler terms, it means that the citizens vote or elect an individual to represent them in the government. Throughout the world, many countries “Claim,” to have a democratic government for example, “People’s Republic of China or Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.” In reality, both of those countries have a government that is nowhere near democracy or republic, they have either an oligarchy or dictatorship which can best describe their nation’s government. Another form is a monarchy, how England was ruled for long time, but now is ran by a constitutional monarchy.

Democracy broken down means “Rule by the people.” To describe what democracy means, it is rule by majority. In similarity, republic means “Thing of the people,” which means there’s no monarchy, only “Rule by law.” Our government which is a representative democracy, politics such as laws limit and control what the government may or may not do. For example, we the people elect a president, members of the congress, state and local officials to listen to what we need as a society. Representative democracy came from Direct Democracy that was practiced by the Greeks in 580 B.C. Direct Democracy, a.k.a as participation democracy, where the people vote/ participate in government decision