There was a vote for slavery with the Kansas Nebraska Act. The states held an election to decide if they would come in free or slave.
A democrocy
A referendum is a vote (of the whole people) on a specific issue.
referendum
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people in the U.S. elect others to represent them.
The US is not a bureaucracy since it is a republic and relies on the people's vote for electing politicans. The president is not directly voted upon by the people (regardless being a popular vote), but the people elect officials who then elect the president, so it's an indirect system.
A democracy is a form of government in which the people directly vote on each issue. No country is a true democracy, except parts of Switzerland, as the citizens do not vote on every single issue. A republic is a form of a democracy, in which people vote for representatives to make decisions for them. This is also known as a representative democracy and is the most common form of government in the world. It was created by the Roman Empire, and wasn't used in modern times truly until the formation of the US.
the president. the electoral college choses
Direct Primary
Their constituants. (the people in the state they are from that vote for them)
Democracy.