Democracy allows citizens to vote for their leaders and to have freedom of speech and belief. In a democracy, individuals must participate in the political process by voting, protesting their opinions, and working to make the country better. Citizens play important roles like voting, informing themselves on issues and candidates, and participating peacefully and respectfully. For a democracy to function properly, citizens must make intelligent decisions and help elected officials govern through roles like Congress members, judges, and senators. Citizens' rights in a democracy include freedom, a say in their government through voting, and participating in developing their country.

1. Democracy
By Jeremy Au-yeung 5D
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2. How does Democracy work?
! Democracy is a system of government in a country whose
leaders have been elected by the people. Democracy gives the
people in the country freedom to vote for the government they
want. For example, in the USA, they use democracy, in the last
election, citizens could vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
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3. How does democracy work?
(continued)
The citizens thought that Barack Obama had a better way to
govern the country and he would make an exceptional
president. The President can control the rights of the people,
but the president is powerful but cannot control everything;
there are also others in control of the government like the
Cabinet, Supreme Court and Congress.
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4. The Impact that this System of
Governance has on Individuals
A democracy is supposed to allow the citizens to have freedom of
speech. In the US, people are not forced to vote, it's a choice. Each
individual person has the right to vote, has the right to speak freely
and to have different beliefs. The impact on individuals is that people
have to be active, responsible and committed to making the country
better.
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5. The Impact that this System of
Governance has on Individuals
Individuals can’t take their freedom for granted; they have to
get up and take action if they have a different opinion than the
people in charge of the country. They can do this by protesting,
sending letters and by organizing events to share what they
believe. There are also negative impacts on democracy like
age restrictions and too much freedom of choice, also, if there
is someone that doesn’t like the way that the country governs
itself and it is governed this way by people voting for it, that
person could form a gang or organization and could have a riot.
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6. People’s Roles in this System
of Governance
The key role of citizens in a democracy is to participate in the outside world.
Voting in elections is another important duty of all citizens. But to vote
wisely, each citizen should listen to the opinions of the different candidates,
and then make his or her own decision on whom to support. Democracy
depends on citizen participation in all these ways. But participation must be
peaceful, respectful of the law, and tolerant of the different views of other
groups and individuals.
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7. People’s Roles in this System
of Governance
For Democracy to work, the people must be capable of
making intelligent decisions.
In this system of governance,there are many
roles that help the president govern the country. Such
as, Congressmen/women, judges,senators and the
vice president.
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8. People’s Rights in this System
of Governance
The rights of people in a democracy is to be able to have
freedom, the right to have a say in their government, the
right to vote, to participate in developing their country and
make the way the country governs better. They can also
help out with developing their country’s constitution.
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9. Resources/Sites
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/govtforms.htm
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html
http://passcitizenshipexam.com/variableAnswers/
diagram.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?
qid=20080807102006AAmjs3V
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/
What_is_the_role_of_the_people_in_a_democracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
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