The citizens elect representatives to make laws in this form of government

A democracy is a government in which political power-influence over institutions, leaders, and policies-rests in the hands of the people. In a representative democracy, however, the citizens do not govern directly. Instead, they elect representatives to make decisions and pass laws on behalf of all the people.

A true democracy is where every citizen would vote directly on

all matters concerning them. Not very practical when population is

in the millions. So when the masses elect somebody to make

decisions for them, it is called a representative democracy.