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democratic deficit

British

noun

any situation in which there is believed to be a lack of democratic accountability and control over the decision-making process

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But if we can identify the Senate as one of the key sources of an unacceptable democratic deficit, then we can look for other ways to enhance democracy in the American system.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

"That issue, that central issue of sovereignty and democratic deficit, has to be addressed."

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

"The learning from the pilots and the evaluation will be used to inform longer term improvements to the way people vote and to help reduce the democratic deficit."

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022

There's been considerable chatter over the past few years about the crisis of democracy — sometimes more clinically described as a "democratic recession" or "democratic deficit."

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2021

Another of 2018’s lessons, therefore, is that the climate-change movement faces a democratic deficit.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018

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