Question

what is democratic government

Answer 1

government by the people; a form of governmentin which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.

Answer 2

Democratic is the adjective form of Democracy, a term that comes from the Greek “demokratia” meaning “rule” or “power” of the people. Often people think that democracy is a direct rule of the people a la ancient Athens, and a Republic is indirect such as in the United States, in fact both terms are could almost be considered calques in the both describe governments whose authority comes its citizens. Modern Greek uses “demokratia” to mean both—Greece, as the Hellenic Republic is in Greek the Elleniki Demokratia.