What is the difference between electoral democracy liberal democracy and substantive democracy?

Answer 1

An electoral democracy is a state whose government is technically determined by popular sovereignty. In other words, people within that country decide who will govern them, or have the right and ability to vote. Many times, however, democracies are democratic in name only. Elections may be rigged or there may be no real political competition or opposition party. A liberal democracy is one in which both popular sovereignty and liberty are present. Civil liberties place restraints on government. These restraints often come in the form of civil society or institutions that are created to monitor governments and keep them from getting too powerful. A substantive democracy is a functioning democracy. For example, democracy in the US is a representative kind: American citizens elect people to represent them in government and to create legislature. A direct democracy is a New England town meeting sort, in which people vote directly on every matter which concerns them. This is not particularly feasible at a large, national level.

Answer 2

They are the same thing. Substantive Democracy has all the institutions like freedom of the press, free expression of ideas, protection of property, etc that the classical liberal democracy guys like Locke were all about.