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Direct democracy means that every voter has the opportunity to make the final decision on an issue, for example in a referendum you are asked one question on a political decision.Wherass representative de...

A referundum is a vote which allows all the citizens to approve or to reject a measure proposed by the executive power. The referendum is thus an instrument of " direct democracy ". It allows th...

A turn-out is the percentage of those eligible and registered to vote who actually cast a ballot. As you may know, not everyone is allowed to vote. Hence, the turn-out only represents those allowed to vot...

England is a monarchy. Which means that the Queen has no real power but she is the face and the name of the supreme authority. She will always be present during ceremonies and the royal family has a very ...

One of the key features of a democracy are that it has elections which are free and fair, although even in traditional democracies such as the United States and even the UK, the level of freedom and fairn...