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To: arno who wrote (46317)	11/24/2017 9:37:35 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 360632

I suppose it depends on your definition of "fact". Democracies exist on a spectrum. A republic is just one form of a democracy, a representational democracy. And only one form of a representational democracy at that.

To: arno who wrote (46317)	11/24/2017 1:06:04 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360632

democracy [dih-mok-ruh-see] noun, plural democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies. 3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.