Republic vs. Democracy: What Is the Difference?

Why you never hear the US being referred to as a republic (Canada never was).

In a republic, an official set of fundamental laws, like the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, prohibits the government from limiting or taking away certain “inalienable” rights of the people, even if that government was freely chosen by a majority of the people. In a pure democracy, the voting majority has almost limitless power over the minority.

https://www.thoughtco.com/republic-vs-democracy-4169936

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