what is the difference between a demoracy and a republic?
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Mark has it almost right.A democracy is the rule of the majority,or more succinctly,mob rule.In a constitutional republic(as in the U.S.),the people are represented by democratically elected representatives who meet at regular intervals to decide issues on behalf of the people,or representative mob rule.Just depends on how you look at it.
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It's a republic (form of government) that is an island (geographic formation).  It has no special meaning, aside from being a country that is completely surrounded by water and has an elected government.
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Republic is government by the people.In which people are the source of power who have direct say in the governmemtal matters means govt by the n through the people.
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Republicanism is the view that a republic is the best form of government.
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There is no inherent difference between the two.  They are not mutually exclusive.\n\nParliamentary democracies are, basically, those in which the head of government is the leader of the party, or coalition of parties, that holds a majority in at least one chamber of the legistlative branch.  This is different from the US-style "Presidential" democracy, in which the head of government is the chief of the executive branch.\n\nA federal democracy is a democratic form of federation; the democratic part simply indicates that ultimate decision-making power is given to the people.  A federation is a central government that permits some amount of sovereignty and decision-making power in subordinate governmental bodies within the federation.  A familiar example might be the US States, which retain significant authority although they are subordinate to the federal United States Government.\n\nIndia is both a federal democracy and a parliamentary democracy.  That proves there is a distinction but not a difference between the two.
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quick craificaton: democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on what to have for lunch. that's why we have a democratic republic. anarchy is how most of us live anyway. i wouldn't live any differently if the state or the feds went away ty for the good question.
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crap! i learnt that this year. i forgot about the first question. but i do know that there are socialist democracies. those scandanavian countries and there are some in europe. socialist democracies are basically where they have freedom unlike in the USSR but the government will do things for the people like give free health care, free education, stuff like that. \nhope i answered ur question
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Democratic republic - a government where people elect representatives to the legislature and executive branches.  Some people can specialize in creating laws, others can approve or reject the laws (initiative, referendum).  This is the kind of government outlined in the US Constitution
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Remember when counting, that a Republic (like the US) isn't technically a democracy. A democracy has the people directly deciding issues. A republic has some subset of the people picking other people who make all the decisions. \n\nThis would be a very different country if the actual majority of voting people made the decisions directly, rather than electing legislators. If you don't believe that, look at how many times in the recent past presidents have been elected without having a majority of the popular vote, but rather because of the way the electoral college works.
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its both we have people that repressent each state in the goverment thats the republic part but its a democracy because the people that live in the us have the right to vote.
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We live in a republic. Our type of government is called representative democracy. In a true democracy, every voter would vote on every issue. In a representative democracy, we vote on "representatives" to vote on every issue. Our representatives are supposed to vote with the majority view of their constituents. Most, instead, vote with their party and ignore the voice of the people who they work for.
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senate  or house of represenitives
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The technical term for it is a democratic republic so a lot of ppl like to argue it is not a democracy; but, actually it is.\n\nThere are many different forms of democracies with the basic concept applying when the will of the ppl is heard.\n\nIn a republic like ours, we do have this. We elect officials to speak the will of the ppl... to represent the ppl; therefore, we are a democracy. \n\nThe difference between our democracy and say a direct democracy is that we elect regional representatives to do the work, study and research for us in order to make informed choices.
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A democracy is a form of government where decisions are made by the people.\n\nIn a "direct democracy" every citizen votes for every decision.  This includes who will occupy each office and each government job, and every law and rule, as well as enforcement of laws.\n\nIn a "republic," the citizens elect representatives to offices and the elected representatives make decisions on hiring employees and passing and enforcing laws.\n\nFor a country the size of the U.S., a direct democracy would be infeasible.  Both the Republican and Democratic parties favor a republican form of government.\n\nThe Republican Party generally sides with the interests of wealthy people.  Although they claim to favor conservative financial practices and smaller government, they do not follow those beliefs when in office.\n\nThe Democratic Party generally favors the interests of middle class and poor people.  They are more receptive to deficit spending and financial support of poor people.
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This is a good question. This is how the ancient Greeks in Athens participated in civic affairs. The reason the Framers of our Constitution created a Republic(elected Representation) was first and foremost that they realized people are influenced by their whims. (the media could really capitalize on this) They made great effort in our Constitution to avoid this happening.\nIN direct answer to your question,  I say no. However I have never looked at the issue too closely. This is the difference bt. a Republic(Indirect democracy) and a Direct Democracy. The US is a Republic
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no.  its a republic.  but it's not even a republic anymore, its an item up for bid to the highest bidder.\n\nwhen George Washinton stepped down from the podium, he warned against one thing.....and that was the creation of a two party system.  so what happen?  as soon as he stepped down, they created a two party system.  its my belief that if you care enough about something that your willing to represent it, then you set aside your differences and stay commited to the goal......a prosperous society with equality for all.
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Look at the truth demovrats are just stupid and they use racism and putting down there opponent to move forward whereas republicans just try to do good.  The democrats are messing up this country really bad.  we are headed on a downward spiral that ends at france.  (france = Diet Communism)\n\n-zak