<P> Representative democracy ( also indirect democracy , representative republic or psephocracy ) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people , as opposed to direct democracy . Nearly all modern Western - style democracies are types of representative democracies ; for example , the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy , Ireland is a unitary parliamentary republic , and the United States is a federal republic . </P>
<P> Representative democracy ( also indirect democracy , representative republic or psephocracy ) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people , as opposed to direct democracy . Nearly all modern Western - style democracies are types of representative democracies ; for example , the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy , Ireland is a unitary parliamentary republic , and the United States is a federal republic . </P>
who has the power in a representative democracy
who has the power in a representative democracy
elected officials
elected officials