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Describing the US as a democracy is totally normal among actual experts in the study of governments (political scientists).
by vundercind 2y ago
Describing the US as a democracy is totally normal among actual experts in the study of governments (political scientists).
- tomrod 2y ago[citation requested] I've seen representative democracy, and representative republic, but rarely purely one or the other.
- whythre 2y agoSounds like terminology slip, then. People use the term democracy to describe the US, often in contrast to authoritarian dictatorships; but that is more of a crude definition, a colloquialism rather than an accurate description of US governance.