The health of democracy has declined significantly in many nations over the past several years, but the concept of representative democracy continues to be popular among citizens across the globe.

New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders are reflecting their views.

Direct democracy was common in the pre-modern world, but that isn't the subject here: The authors identify two principal roots of what they deem modern representative democracy. First is the ...

Representative government faces its most ... They also disagree on democracy itself, especially one of its essential pillars — willingness to accept defeat at the polls. All year, our staff ...

They are correct in that the U.S.A. is not a pure democracy, but incorrect because the U.S.A. is a representative democracy. Our Founding Fathers organized our form of government (representative ...

In a survey of 30,861 people across 24 countries conducted from Feb. 20, 2023, to May 22, 2023, most respondents said representative democracy is a good system of government, with a median of 77 ...