Representative vs. Direct Democracy: Power of the People - Democratic Theory Series | Academy 4...

A representative democracy is a system of government where citizens elect representatives to vote on laws on their behalf. A direct democracy is one where citizens vote on every issue themselves. The key difference between the two systems is who is voting on laws, elected officials or the citizens.

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**Think Further Questions
1. Can you identify ways that society uses both direct and representative democracy outside of the political process? There may be some examples in your school.
2. Do you think representative democracy or direct democracy is the better system of government? Why?
3. Do you think the United States should become a direct democracy? Why?

**Contents
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Explanation
01:04 - Definition: Representative and Direct Democracies
01:20 - The History
03:00 - So What?

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