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Why do you think the United States government was formed as a republic, rather than as a direct democracy?

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Why do you think the United States government was formed as a republic, rather than as a direct democracy?
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The United States is not a direct democracy, in the sense of a country in which laws (and other government decisions) are made predominantly by majority vote.

Step-by-step explanation:

Some lawmaking is done this way, on the state and local levels, but it’s only a tiny fraction of all lawmaking. But we are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy.

The United States is also a constitutional democracy, in which courts restrain in some measure the democratic will. And the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic.

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