U.S. is a republican democracy

Regarding the letter that ran recently in The Morning Call about the U.S. form of government. It is the republican form of government that makes us a democracy.

In those jurisdictions that allow referendums on the ballot, for instance, that is an example of “direct democracy.” We are, in fact, a republican democracy.

David Procter

San Diego, California

The writer is a former resident of Trexlertown and Allentown.