Direct Democracy vs Representative Democracy

In a Representative Democracy, the people elect officials to create and vote on laws, policies, and other matters of government on their behalf. In this manner, representative democracy is the opposite of direct democracy, in which the people themselves vote on every law or policy considered at every level of government. Representative democracy is typically employed in larger countries where the sheer number of citizens involved would make direct democracy unmanageable. https://www.thoughtco.com/representative-democracy-definition-pros-cons-4589561