Democracy means different things to different people. There are forces at work that sway, like the wake of a harbor on docked boats. Undulating waves appear like ripples in the ...

America is generally understood as a liberal democracy — meaning that elections determine who is in charge but some basic rights such as free speech still can’t be curtailed by the government.

Democracy, it is often heard these days ... “I think there’s always a tendency on the part of observers to see deep meaning in terms of shifts in public opinion,” Mr. Bartels said in ...