Locally, that same definition has been applied to “direct democracy.” Before you accuse me of hyperbole, think of the recently smashed windows and idle death threats at City Hall.

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over a century, allowing voters to legislate and amend the ...

This paper considers the effect of direct democracy on quality of life in the American States. Specifically, it seeks to determine to what extent the use of the initiative affects satisfaction with ...

Direct democracy was common in the pre-modern world, but that isn’t the subject here: The authors identify two principal roots of what they deem modern representative democracy.

Direct democracy is especially a bummer for right-wingers frustrated when red-state citizens don’t vote the way elite politicians want them to.