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A democracy is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
because the US has power (federal) and the government ,which is the citizens, elect leaders to represent them.
The people have the power, they elect and can represent other people
This is, unsurpringly, "representative democracy".The citizens elect representatives to exercise their political power in a federal republic.
No Congress does not have the power to appoint the Commander in Chief. The Commander in Chief is the President and US citizens have the power to elect the President.
Republic. A republic is a government in which the power is held by the people, who elect other people to represent them.
If you possess "full power of attorney" yes, you can.
a system of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them
a system of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them
Well they are a type of government so they have to gain the power themselves.
It's government is technically a republic, which means the citizens themselves do not govern the country (which is true democracy). In republics, citizens exercise their power through voting for people to represent them. The representatives they elect will make decisions/ govern the country for them. True democracy, in fact, rarely exists, and many countries choose instead to be a form of republic democracies.
The President elect is the person who has won the November Presidential election, but has not yet been inaugurated.