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representative democracy  

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  • Representative democracy is a form of government in which the citizens of the state exercise their popular sovereignty through legitimately elected representatives. In a representative democracy, the citizens choose their representatives by voting in elections. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Representative Democracy]

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