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A Republic IS a democracy. A democracy is where you vote for the guy in charge, like America or Britian. A Republic is a country led by an elected president. Britian is a constituntional monarchy, where the king/queen is the figurehead but the country is run by a Prime Minister.
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The US is a democratic republic, in that we elect representatives who then make and enforce the laws. In a "True" democracy we'd have to have a vote on each and every law, and considering how many we have, we'd never actually get anything done. Can you imagine having to vote on the speed limit of every street in the US?
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America is a “Representative Republic”. We elect representatives to make our decisions for us.
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