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Why is a republic a democracy?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Democracy means "rule by the people". Republic means "rule by elected officials". Since the officials in a republic are elected, it is a form of democracy.

Not all democracies are republics (direct democracy is not), and not all "republics" are actually democracies ("Islamic republics", for example).

The United States is a republic and representational democracy.

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