What type of democracy governs the US

The United States is a representative democracy.

Answer: Representative Democracy is the right answer.

Explanation: We all have heard of a famous definition of democracy that is, "Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." This definition gives us an idea of what actual democracy is and when we talk about representative democracy, we mean that it is a democratic system in which general citizens of a country vote for government representatives of their own choice who can handle the country and do legislation of the behalf of a common man. The government in any democratic country is basically are representing the people who choose them. Thus, USA is governed by representative democracy.