Can you answer that?
2007-01-12 09:14:43 · 3 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
a democracy is where the people vote directly on the issues. a republic is where the people vote for other people to represent their views and make decisions for them. the usa is a democratic republic.
2007-01-12 09:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by kittyluvr0223 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1828 Webster’s Definitions for “Republic” and for “Democracy”
“REPUBLIC”: “A commonwealth; a state in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people. In modern usage, it differs from a democracy or democratic state, in which the people exercise the powers of sovereignty in person…”
“DEMOCRACY”: “A form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation…”
2007-01-12 09:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by drdoowopp2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic
democracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
2007-01-12 09:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋