What are the pros and cons for voting for our representatives and senators?
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Representative democracy is a form of government in which the people elect officials to create laws and policy on their behalf. Nearly 60 percent of the world’s countries employ a form of government based on representative democracy, including the U.S. (a democratic republic), the UK (a constitutional monarchy), and France (a unitary state). Representative democracy is sometimes called indirect democracy.
Representative Democracy Definition
In a representative democracy, the people elect officials to create and vote on laws, policies, and other matters of government on their behalf. In this manner, representative democracy is the opposite of direct democracy, in which the people themselves vote on every law or policy considered at every level of government. Representative democracy is typically employed in larger countries where the sheer number of citizens involved would make direct democracy unmanageable.
Common characteristics of representative democracy include:
- The powers of the elected representatives are defined by a constitution that establishes the basic laws, principles, and framework of the government.
- The constitution may provide for some forms of limited direct democracy, such as recall elections and ballot initiative elections.
- Elected representatives may also have the power to select other government leaders, such as a prime minister or president.
- An independent judiciary body, such as the U.S. Supreme Court, may have the power to declare laws enacted by the representatives to be unconstitutional.
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