Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
The United States is one of the best examples of a democratic republic, it is absolutely both a democracy and a republic.
Eugene Volokh of the UCLA School of Law observes that the United States exemplifies the varied nature of a constitutional republic—a country where some decisions (often local) are made by direct democratic processes, while others (often federal) are made by democratically elected representatives
The United States is one of the best examples of a democratic republic, it is absolutely both a democracy and a republic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic
The lack of high school civics education in this country has done untold damage