Representative Democracy Pros And Cons

A representative democracy is a government system in which the citizens vote for someone to pass laws for them. In order for representative democracy to work there must be someone who is equally capable or highly more capable then the position they are attaining. If they are below the requirement of the job and they win, it could be seen that they rigid the elections. Also, there must be freedom of speech and press for both the candidate and the press. And finally the voters must believe that there is a wide difference between the candidates and what they stand for.

In direct democracy in the other hand all citizens vote for every issue. This type of government is also known as “participatory” or “Aristotelian democracy”. The only thing that is brought into question with this democracy is whether the citizens understand what they are voting for. In this democracy the citizens vote on every issue, concluding that there are more than just one issue. Therefore, unless the issues are propagandized the voters really don’t know what they are voting for.

An initiative is a proposal for a new law, and a referendum allows citizens to vote for or against a law that that the state has passed. If for example a citizen wishes to pass a law or to revoke a law. As long as a citizen gets enough signed petition, or written request, the proposal then becomes a proposition and it’s then added to a ballot. Any California citizen can write a petition to purpose a new law. If the citizen gets enough signs or written request the government by law has to put the proposition in a ballot and allow the citizens to vote. If enough people vote towards the proposition then it becomes a