Who Can Participate
 Democracy
 In a democracy,
 supreme political authority rests with
 the people.
 Direct Democracy
 A direct democracy, also
 called a pure democracy,
 exists where the will of the people
 is translated into public policy (law) directly by the people themselves,
 Indirect Democracy
 representative
 democracy, a small group of persons, chosen by the people to act as their representatives, expresses the popular will