Fact-check: “Difference between a democracy and a republic”
Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)
Primary sources, including the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and official government glossaries, document a meaningful distinction between 'democracy' and 'republic' as historically used by the founders — where 'democracy' often referred to direct self-governance and 'republic' referred to a representative system governed by law. However, modern political science and official U.S. government materials (USCIS, Library of Congress, U.S. House educational resources) treat 'representati…
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