Question

what is representative democracy?

Answer 1

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.[2] Nearly all modern Western-style democracies are types of representative democracies; for example, the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, Ireland is a parliamentary republic, and the United States is a federal republic.

Answer 2

It is a type of democracy founded on principles of elected officials representing a group of people as oppose to direct democracy.
Representative democracy is also called as indirect democracy.
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