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A government run by elected representatives is called a republican form of government.
The type of government in which citizens choose representatives to run the government is a representative government. This is the type of government that the United States borrowed from Greece once their independence from Great Britain was obtained.
A republic is a government in which voters hold sovereign power. Elected representatives are responsible to the people that hold sovereign power and elect officials to run the day-to-day affairs of government.
The USA is a 'federal constitutional republic' in that the 50 states give supreme control to its citizens which in turn constitutionally vote their representatives to run the limited federal government. There is no monarch.
The Articles of Confederation created a form of government in which prople elect representatives to run the country.
A government run by elected representatives is called a republican form of government.
The type of government in which citizens choose representatives to run the government is a representative government. This is the type of government that the United States borrowed from Greece once their independence from Great Britain was obtained.
A citizen-elected group running the government typically refers to a democratic form of government, where representatives are elected by the people to make decisions on their behalf. This system allows for the participation of citizens in decision-making processes and ensures that the government is accountable to the people.
A type of government run by elected representatives.
The Roman Republic.
It was the Roman Republic
Indirectly citizens participate in government by elections and by lobbying their representatives (congressmen in the USA). Not every country has democratic government that permits such participation. which is also kown as a direct democracy.
The members of the legislative branch are elected directly by the voters in their home state or district. Of the two houses of the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives is subject to greater control by the electorate because its members must run for office every two years.
A representative democracy
In the United States, Americans participate in political elections, where they vote for people to serve as representatives in government. There are 435 members of the US House, and 100 members of the US Senate.
people who disagree with the government can generally run for office themselves.
Provided the leaders are elected in free and open election in which all the adult citizens of a country can participate, the government is a Democracy. However where there is no universal election of leaders by ALL the people (eg China) the government is a Dictatorship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The form of government in which "the power belongs to the people" is called a Democracy. It is a political form of government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people, as if the people and the elected person were one.