Pluralist Democracy

There are three models of representative democracy. Participatory, pluralist, and elite. I Each model is a completely different form of democracy from the others. For example, participatory represents a democracy ruled by the people, pluralist represents a democracy ruled by groups, and elite is run by upper class, wealthy people.

The model of representative democracy that best describes our country's democracy is the pluralist model. This is proven by the many views of people, and the many political groups that support different topics, such as the NRA. Some people are in favor of the NRA and gun laws, while others do not. Also, the different groups often make bargains with other groups to come to a central compromise that they are looking for. In a pluralist democracy, there are also groups called factions. These factions are groups that come together to defend the same idea. All of the people in these factions have common views and interests so that as a united faction, they are able to prove their point more efficiently and be able to argue against other factions. I think the founding fathers of the U.S. would support the idea of these factions so that all of the people that believe in the same thing can share their common interest with each other.

These would also be supported by the founding fathers because these other groups can go against each other to come to a compromise that will ultimately benefit the nation. “By a faction I understand a number of citizens...who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens…”(Federalist #10). This way pf government will be stable because there will always be groups of people that are trying to solve problems. There will also be groups that disagree, so there ill be no way for one idea that is unconstitutional to be supported because there will always be another group to stop them.