But we are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy. And indeed the American form of government has been called a “democracy” by leading American statesmen and legal commentators from the Framing on. read more
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. read more
The United States of America is a type of Democracy [not a pure direct democracy, as is the classical meaning of the term, but a mixed-Republic with a representative democracy and democratic spirit]. read more