That would be an INDIRECT DEMOCRACY. The most common forms of indirect democracy are Presidential Republics and Parliamentary Democracies.
Republic
A democracy can come in two forms - direct and indirect - while a republic is always indirect - Apex
A democracy Government
Rome's influence on democracy was directly borrowed from the Greeks in the sense that citizens voted. Rome's influence on government covers a wide range of issues. Most of what we consider personal rights were initiated by the Romans.
Voting is a big way to influence. Also protesting can influence.
Through their elected representatives they take part in law-making.
The 3 ideas that helped influence the English government were law & order,limits on government,and representative democracy.
Individual interests are indirectly represented in the policymaking process through these groups.
The U.S. government had little or no influence on business and industry.
The ancient Greeks influenced modern government as, much like we do today, they had three main bodies of government. These were the Assembly, the Council, and Courts. Our US government today also has three branches; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
At the most basic level, political scientists often ascribe two properties to a functioning democracy: 1. the ability of the public to contest elections against the incumbent government, with significant suffrage; 2. that public action or opinion can and does influence the actions of the government.
Both get their sovereignty from their citizens.
A dictatorship is a style of government where there is a single person who has total control of governmental decisions. On the other hand, a democracy is a style of government where the people vote on which people are allowed to influence governmental decisions.