What other countries besides the US are a democracy?

Question

I am wondering if Britian is. I know its a kingdom but do the people vote for things? Are any of their leaders elected?

Please list any other countries you can that are like the U.S.

Answer 1

The photo below reflects nations claiming to be a democracy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Claims_Of_Demoracy.png

Governments self identified as democratic are shaded in BLUE
Governments not self identified as democratic are shade in RED

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Claims_Of_Demoracy.png

England is a democracy:
The Parliament of England had its roots in the restrictions on the power of kings written into Magna Carta. The first elected parliament was De Montfort's Parliament in England in 1265.

Answer 2

Democracy :Definition
1- a system of government in which everyone can vote to elect its members
2- a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country
3- a situation or system in which everyone is equal, has the right to vote and make decisions etc.
(Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

UK is a democracy because the prime minsiter is chosen by senators who are chosen by people. the queen only approves.
india is the world biggest democracy

in this page al democratic nations and the year of their foundation and the map of democrat world is prescribed:this is the best page i have come through on internet.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/govt2000.htm****

in this page u can find some surverys done about USA and Singapore, and the real meaning of a democratic government.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111527/

Answer 3

Britain is a kingdom which means the people are not allowed to elect their head of state. One day it may be a full democracy but not now because it's too busy forcing democracy on Iraq.

Answer 4

Spain, Portugal, and several of the military dictatorships in South America became democratic in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was followed by nations in East and South Asia by the mid- to late 1980s. Economic malaise in the 1980s, along with resentment of communist oppression, contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the associated end of the Cold War, and the democratization and liberalization of the former Eastern bloc countries.

The most successful of the new democracies were those geographically and culturally closest to western Europe, and they are now members or candidate members of the European Union. The liberal trend spread to some nations in Africa in the 1990s, most prominently in South Africa. Some recent examples include the Indonesian Revolution of 1998, the Bulldozer Revolution in Yugoslavia, the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan.

Answer 5

India is a democracy, in fact the biggest democracy in the world. France, Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia... many countries are democracies.

UK is a monarchy but the real power is with the PM and the PM is elected.

Answer 6

The UK are a Costitutional Monarchy, as Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Danmark, Spain, Japan(there Is the Empiror). They are not Republics, but their citizens have the same rights or sometimes more than in some Republics.
Canada, Australia, New Zeland are Republics, but the president of these republics is the British King/Queen, in fact Australian, Canadian, Kiwi armed forces still mantain the prefix "Royal" (RCAF-royal canadian air force, RAAF-royal australian air force, RNZAF-royal new zeland air force.......).
Others Republics are: France, Germany, Itlay, Israel, Brasil, Switzerland....
The concept of Democracy(freedom, right...) is not so related to Republic or Monarchy, in fact in some Kingdoms people is more free and have more rights than in some Republics(for example compare Sweden to Russia).....But this becouse in these kingdoms the power of the king is really weak and they are really like republics(the only ecception is formely).

Answer 7

Actually, we are a republic, and elections are decided by the electoral college consensus. Israel is a democracy. Update. I should have read all of the answers before taking the time to make sure you folks know we are not a democracy!

Answer 8

I would imagine that any country in which the political leader is voted in by public choice, i.e. a free and legitimate voting system, would be considered to be a Democracy.

Answer 9

I don't grant the supposition that the US is a democracy. I would say that the US, while intended to be a republic and not a true democracy (one person does not equal one vote), is more accurately a capitalistic society. Money equals power and the majority does not always rule.

Answer 10

the U. S. isn't a presidential democracy. Did your instructor permit you already know this? if so, right here is what you do. bypass to college the following day and tell your instructor that the U. S. is a constitutional republic with solid democratic values. and then call him/her a dumbass.