⁽¹⁾ How then did Britain […] become a democracy? […] It never did… What we do have is representative government, or the rule of the ballot-box, or (in one word) psephocracy.
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psephocracy — government resulting from election by ballot Forms of Government … Phrontistery dictionary
psephocracy — … Useful english dictionary
psephology — noun The predictive or statistical study of elections. See Also: psephocracy … Wiktionary
psephocratic — adjective Of or pertaining to psephocracy or its advocates … Wiktionary
Forms of Government — It has been suggested that every government which has ever existed has been a prime example of kakistocracy, or the rule of the worst, but this list of 169 different types of leadership suggests that that might be a bit too simplistic. Each of… … Phrontistery dictionary
