Example Sentences

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In today’s representative democracies, most citizens vote for and against proposals they scarcely understand.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Modern representative democracies are examples of this form of authority.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Properly conducted, recalls can serve an important function in representative democracies, a salve for buyer’s remorse in extreme circumstances.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021

That trust is central to the health of representative democracies.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2018

Anyhow, it's an erroneous belief that in representative democracies governments must represent "the various electorates" as a whole.

From Economist • Nov. 27, 2012