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Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Republic vs. Democracy

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The United States is a federal constitutional republic, one of many forms of a liberal democracy. Terms do not do much for understanding this subject: Malaysia and Russia have a federal government, in Saudi Arabia the constitution is the Qur'an, and republics over the years have included as politically diverse a group as China, Switzerland, and Iran. As a representative democracy, the American government is largely founded on the principal of popular sovereignty by representatives of the people. Canada and Britain are also representative democracies, sharing a common law and philosophical ...

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