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How do elections promote democracy?
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Government and Politics 2. How do elections promote democracy? What is a democracy? Democracy originated from Greece, Greece was not one solitary state, but a series of city states, each of which developed its own political system, ranging from despotic monarchy to extremely open forms of direct popular rule. Because of this, there was more than one form of democracy thriving in this region. Democracy is where the people elect their leaders and have a right to express their view without fear. A true democracy is a society in which every decision made by the government was voted on by the members of society, but this is not practical as it would be too complicated. Democracies fall into two basic categories, direct and representative. In a direct democracy the people directly make the decisions without elected or appointed officials. Opinion polls are common in the form of surveys. On the other hand,...
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