by allowing the public to elect representatives
Federal system
A constitutional republic. Republican
A Federal Republic
A Constitution based federal republic is a system in which the people vote for government officials to represent themselves that will be held accountable based on the laws of the Constitution.
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic.
Government type: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
the government made a system of checks and balances to maintain equal power
epresentative democracy, known as a Republic
America based it's Constitution on a republic system of government where each person does not get a vote on every action, but has a representative who is supposed to vote for them. They were influenced by the idea of a "social compact" as discussed by John Locke and also by English common law and the Roman Republic.
The US system of government as specified in the constitution is a democratic republic. However corruption, bribery, and discrimination has frequently denied large groups of voters the right to vote (weakening the democratic part of the system) as well as biasing the judgement of Representatives and Senators (weakening the republic part of the system).
No. A government in which a system of representation operates is referred to as a republic. The United States is an example of a republic.
Ben Franklin was asked by a woman "What type of government do we have?" as he left the ratification of the Constitution. His reply was "A Republic Ma'am ... if you can keep it!" Upon it's ratification, the Constitution of the United States of America established the United States as a Constitutional Republic. Despite popular belief and what many people may believe, the United States is not now and never was a Democracy.