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The Mayflower compact would be a better example of Direct Democracy then Indirect Democracy. This is because the agreement was ment so that the British Gov could not easily control them as everyone would have a say in it and decide wether it was wise to let the Britsh Gov interfere. An Indirect demo would be where citizens would tell their elected official their opinions and he would report to the king. Our US gov is a good example of Indirect democracy though it also shares a few beliefs with Direct Democracy.
We elect people to represent us, therefore, it is a representative democracy.
How has the US lived up to the declaration of democracy the pursuit of happiness?
The political ideals that the US took from the Romans were a codified law system and representative government. Ancient Rome had a representation system where senators voted for their areas. Rome was too spread out for Athenian democracy.
The US is a democracy and Venezuela is a dictatorship. Any politician in the US who tried to override the constitution would not last as long as Chavez.