America has been recognized for its representative democracy for years. This recognition brings up the question of how it came about? History brought forth two different views of a democracy, a Direct democracy, and a representative democracy.
A direct democracy can defined as a form of democracy in which political power is exercised by the citizens without representatives acting of their behalf. A representative democracy can be defined as a form of government in which power is held by the people and exercised indirectly through elected representatives who make decisions. A representative democracy embraces that the power should be one with the people, avoiding all extremes in the use of a representative. One of which best represents a group of people for example the 50 states.
A direct democracy focuses on change, the ability to recall past decisions and utilizing referendum, is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
Aristotle once said,
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
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A direct democracy is a governmental concept which provides the people with absolute sovereignty. The negative to this concept is the growing population every day on average 10,657 babies are born every day. Logically this is not the most effective form of government because the constant growth in population. The task of a direct democracy seems un-achievable. A representative democracy is similar to a direct democracy in that they both stress the importance of giving the power to the people through elections. They are both meant to better society and serve the people. The difference between the two is in a representative democracy is the limitations that come with the power. The true power is held within the three branches of government despite the fact that the people hold the authority of electing those officials within the government. This also gives the people a higher responsibility in who they choose as three representative. In conclusion to the different views a representative democracy is logically the most efficient and accepted amongst the people. The U. S. was founded by the people and will be influenced by the people.
