When the Framers of the Constitution wrote "republican form of government," they were referring to

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The term "republican form of government" in the Constitution refers to a representative democracy, where citizens elect representatives to make decisions and laws on their behalf. This distinguishes it from a direct democracy, where citizens vote directly on policies and laws, democratic centralism, which is a Marxist-Leninist concept, and mob rule or town meetings, which lack the institutional structure of a representative democracy.

When the Framers of the Constitution Wrote "Republican Form of Government