Representative democracy differs from direct democracy in that in the former, citizens transfer their power to people whom they elect to represent them.

Representative democracy differs from direct democracy in that in the former, citizens transfer their decision-making power to people whom they elect to represent them.

To add, a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy is called representative democracy .

some people are just against it im not sure but i think everyone deserves to be treated equally i think people have a problem with it because its different and not like everything else i hope this !

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