The correct answer is refer to people electing leaders to make government decisions
Between the North American and French republics there are some differences in the way of organizing power, although not of a qualitative but of a quantitative character. The post-revolution France Constitution proclaimed a "one and indivisible" republic, as it considered the people sovereign, so that the manifestation of their will could only take place through a single and indivisible legislative body. On the contrary, the American Constitution proposes a federal republic where States and the Union have their spheres of attributions well defined. The Federation's will is the confluence of the will of the States (represented by the Senate) and the population (represented by the deputies).
Democracy is a type of social organization in which political control is theoretically exercised by the people. It results in a governmental system formed by the free choice of government by the majority of the population, through voting