civics!!!!?

Question

okay i have the definitions to these two words but i have to write the difference.

here they are:

direct democracy: a form of democracy in which the people vote first hand.

representative democracy: a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

please help!!! ty

i know it has definitions....i POSTED definitions. i need an answer not the obvious

oneeyedfox gets best answer because he explained it in a very clear and easy format that helped me understand.....now i have to wait 4 hrs before choosing you :[

Answer 1

Democracies fall into two basic categories, direct and representative. In a direct democracy, all citizens, without the intermediary of elected or appointed officials, can participate in making public decisions. Such a system is clearly only practical with relatively small numbers of people--in a community organization or tribal council, for example, or the local unit of a labor union, where members can meet in a single room to discuss issues and arrive at decisions by consensus or majority vote. Ancient Athens, the world's first democracy, managed to practice direct democracy with an assembly that may have numbered as many as 5,000 to 6,000 persons--perhaps the maximum number that can physically gather in one place and practice direct democracy.

Modern society, with its size and complexity, offers few opportunities for direct democracy. Even in the northeastern United States, where the New England town meeting is a hallowed tradition, most communities have grown too large for all the residents to gather in a single location and vote directly on issues that affect their lives.

Today, the most common form of democracy, whether for a town of 50,000 or nations of 50 million, is representative democracy, in which citizens elect officials to make political decisions, formulate laws, and administer programs for the public good. In the name of the people, such officials can deliberate on complex public issues in a thoughtful and systematic manner that requires an investment of time and energy that is often impractical for the vast majority of private citizens.

How such officials are elected can vary enormously. On the national level, for example, legislators can be chosen from districts that each elect a single representative. Alternatively, under a system of proportional representation, each political party is represented in the legislature according to its percentage of the total vote nationwide. Provincial and local elections can mirror these national models, or choose their representatives more informally through group consensus instead of elections. Whatever the method used, public officials in a representative democracy hold office in the name of the people and remain accountable to the people for their actions.

Answer 2

In a direct democracy all of the people under that government must vote to decide on somehing.

In a representative democracy only the people who are selected by the whole group will decide on the matter.

Direct is everyone.
Representative is a small group.

Answer 3

you have answered your own question. direct democracy would be like when the teacher asks who should be the class spokesman"

representative democracy would be like if your class used direct democracy to vote for the class spokesman and instead of the teacher asks your spokesman if the class would like homework. ( you would hope your spokesman would say no) but you personally have no say in the answer you elected someone to do it for you.


there is your difference

Answer 4

Easy (i RIP Civics!)

Direct D. is when the people vote first hand. meaning they vote like right nowand no staling. in which R.D is where the people choose a small Group that they talk care of (or some sort) on there side. so they take that small group and put it on there side.

Answer 5

the difference is someone asking you, Stephanie do you think abortions should be legal vote yes or no and then the fact that we vote on Representatives for the House who go on capitol hill and argue and debate depending on the concensus of the people that sent them to the hill then they vote and what they vote represents you.

Answer 6

go to dictionary.com it has definitions for all words.