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    Democracy is a form of government where citizens have rights, elect officials through voting to represent their beliefs, and power lies with the people. Citizens choose their leaders through voting, have freedom to live their lives as they choose, and are all treated equally under the law. Successful democracies exist in countries like Canada, the U.S., and others. Famous democratic leaders include John A. Macdonald, Barack Obama, and others. Benefits of democracy include equal rights, the ability to enact change, and people having the right to vote. Potential downsides include governments not understanding local politics and voter apathy.

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    Democracy is a form of government where citizens have rights, elect officials through voting to represent their beliefs, and power lies with the people. Citizens choose their leaders through voting, have freedom to live their lives as they choose, and are all treated equally under the law. Successful democracies exist in countries like Canada, the U.S., and others. Famous democratic leaders include John A. Macdonald, Barack Obama, and others. Benefits of democracy include equal rights, the ability to enact change, and people having the right to vote. Potential downsides include governments not understanding local politics and voter apathy.

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    Democracy

    By Sandeep, Kristina, Hillary and Ronak.

    Form

    People have lots of rights.


    People often elect officials to show their beliefs.
    The power lies with the people.

    Function

    Citizens elect their leaders through voting.


    People choose how to live their lives.
    Everyone is treated the same.
    Government plays a small role in businesses.

    World Democracy

    Canada
    Spain
    U.S.A
    Finland
    Australia
    Ireland
    Denmark
    Sweden

    John A. Macdonald

    Famous leaders
    Famous leaders include

    John A. Macdonald
    Barack Obama
    Stephen Harper
    Pierre Trudeau
    John Quincy Adams
    George Washington
    Abraham Lincoln

    Positives About This government

    Equal rights
    Includes change
    People get the right to
    vote
    Democracy is effiecient
    People live their lives
    how they want

    Negatives about this government

    Some Democracy governments are not aware of the circumstances and politics
    in their country.
    Voter apathy
    The Government does not control the media

    Extra Information

    Democracy was named after two ancient greek words. Demo which means people
    and Kratos that mean rule.
    In Canada we have a Parliamentary Democracy

    Citations
    www.Google.com
    www.Kidrex.com
    www.Apecsec.org
    World book kids (MLA, APA, Harvard)
    What is a Democracy? (book)
    www.kas.de

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