7. which word describes a government in which voters hold sovereign power, but that power is
exercised by elected representatives who are responsible to the people?
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Explanation:

Democracy is a political system that defends the sovereignty of the people and their right to elect and control their rulers. It is also defined as a form of government where power is exercised by the people, through legitimate mechanisms of participation in political decision making.

In that sense, the fundamental mechanism of participation is the universal, free and secret suffrage, through which representatives are elected for a given period.

However, for a system to be considered completely democratic, it is not enough with the right to vote, it is also necessary that certain requirements be met, such as respect for human rights, distribution of power and the existence of multiple political parties, individual freedom and for the association and political belligerence, freedom of opinion and freedom of the press, limitation of the power of the rulers and alternation of the same, among others.

Representative.

Explanation:

This is the description of a Representative Democracy, which is implemented in the U.S.

The United States Electoral College is the institution that has the power of representing the people during elections.

So, in this model, people vote for the representative and they for the candidates.

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