How are direct and representative democracy similar?

They are both government of the people, by the people, and for the people. That said direct democracy has rarely if ever existed. It is overly cumbersome and you have a bunch of uninformed people making decisions. read more

So the American People chose a direct democracy over a representative one, when they swapped the Articles of Confederation for the Constitution; and so they people/voters of each state have the right to overrule their government and secede their state from the USA at any time. read more

Representative democracy is the basis of constitutionaldemocracy . Representatives are chosen by the people toact in their best interest, not necessarily to vote the way thepeople want them to in every circumstance. Direct democracy is verydifficult to maintain when a population becomes too large. read more

Direct Democracy suffers from the statistic that 60% of any population is technically stupid. So, America uses a Representative Democracy. It is similar, yet our Democracy has lasted longer than any Direct Democracy in history. Well, our Republic. read more