Direct Democracy
Ran Trakhtengerts and Amanda Underwood 2nd Period
Critical Attributes
- People propose laws and policy changes (referendums and initiatives)
- Votes and proposals are taken and made by directly counting the citizens’ choices
Analogy
Small classroom votes in school
Teacher: “Hmmm… Should we have the test for Unit 5 on this Friday or Monday?”
One Student: “Let’s vote on it!”
Teacher: “Okay, raise your hand if you would like to have the test on Friday.”
(students raise their hands) (teacher silently counts to herself)
Teacher: “Now raise your hand if you want to have the test on Monday.”
(students raise their hands) (teacher silently counts to herself)
Teacher: “Okay, there are 31 people in the class, and there were 8 votes for Friday and 23 votes for Monday. So, the test will be on Monday.”