A free democracy involves the people.
The people can vote for whoever they want, though at the ballots, only a few candidates are actually listed.
The power of the people hold the Government to account, when a government isn't doing too well, they are booted out as determined by the people.
In a democracy, it is always most often majority or mob rule, where a majority can overpower decisions of a minority. A majority can be something as basic as 50.1% of the votes, or even 1 vote more than the minority.
With majority rule, this leaves one half of the population (in theory) unhappy, while the other half is happy, this is a major flaw in democracy, however, it is an actual fact that not everyone can be satisfied at the same time
There are also political parties form, so that people with the same views can assimilate.
Examples of political parties are the Republican and Democratic party of the USA, the Conservative Party of the UK, and the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Democracy is either representative, like in the US, where the people choose representatives to go to Parliament/Congress. In theory, the Representative must represent his area according to the people, however, it isn't always the case these days. The representative usually gets one vote in Parliament and he/she can use the vote however he/she wants to determine whether laws are passed or not. The other democracy is Direct Democracy (in like Switzerland), where the people vote in referendums that determine whether laws are passed or not. This is called direct democracy, because it directly involves the people.
Democracy also depends on how many people turn up at the booths, low turnouts don't represent the nation fully, and can lead to political disaster
Democracy also requires confidentiality, where your vote is kept secret, in order to avoid intimidation, which leads to some people gaining unfair advantages.
There many features and characteristics of democracy, but here are some.
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