Representative democracy is based on a simple premise. It’s that ordinary citizens can make satisfactory judgments on complex public policy and political issues – or at least grasp ...

All eligible voters choose them. A legitimate alternative to the word “republic” is “representative democracy.” Somehow, Republicans are afraid of that term. The recent letter that ...

Voters believe that Elon Musk represents a threat to UK democracy, an exclusive poll for Left Foot Forward has found. The ...

This rhetorical and ideological vagueness obscures a pivotal point: there is no such thing as a singular form of democracy, ...

It is hard enough to promote or save democracy when the public is relatively united in its desire to do so. The experience of the “color revolutions” in former Soviet Republics offers powerful ...