Representative Democracy

4. If I was talking to exchange students about American Government, I would tell them that our government is a Representative Democracy. A representative democracy is when you elect representatives to vote on our behalf. We don’t vote directly on laws and policies, nut we vote for representatives to represent are best interest. That is why it is important to vote for trustworthy representatives that will vote in a way where the safety and needs of the people are met.
The United States Constitution is the most important document of the U.S. The United States Constitution preamble declares the purpose of the Constitution and the guiding principles of the United States. The preamble states “ We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure …show more content…
The Electoral College number of electors is equal to number of State Representatives and number of Senators. The Electoral College meets in there respected state and contain high level party leaders. Article V of the Constitution shows how Amendments to Constitution is passed. Article V tells us that we need either two thirds either Houses or two thirds of Legislatures calling a Convention to for proposing Amendments. Only using two thirds of both Houses is the only method used to propose an amendment. There are two ways to ratify Amendments. The most common way is approval of three-fourths of states. The other method according to lexisnexis is “passing an amendment requires a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States.” (www.lexisnexis.com/) This method has only been used to ratify 21st Amendment. The United States Constitution has 27 Amendments. The original Amendments are the first ten that are known collectively as the Bill of