Representative democracy differs from direct democracy in that in the former, citizens transfer their power to people whom they elect to represent them.

Representative democracy differs from direct democracy in that in the former, citizens transfer their decision-making power to people whom they elect to represent them.

To add, a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy is called representative democracy .

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