Explain the final decision power must rest with those elected by the people.
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Answer:
Democracy is when the elected people. (The ones we elect) have the final say in everything.
Direct Demecracy is when the people get a vote in what happens along side the elected people.
We live in a republic/Direct Democracy.
Explanation:
The modern, 'enlightened' approach to government is the idea that people should be allowed to rule themselves, not have rule forced on them by a powerful leadership. Governments derive their just powers through the consent of the governed, as John Locke put it. Government exists to serve the needs of The People, and if it fails to meet their needs, The People have both the right and the DUTY to make such changes as they might consider necessary, or in extreme cases to abolish a government altogether and start from scratch.
In a representative democracy, people elect representatives to represent them. These people are supposed to represent the will of the people. And if they fail to do so, the people can remove them and replace them. Judges and ambassadors and other offices are appointed, not directly elected, but the public can react against the elected officials who appointed them.
In a REPRESENTATIVE democracy, power rests directly with the people elected to run the government, but ultimate power still rests with the people.