What is constitutional democracy in the United States?

A constitution is a set of rules and procedures that
organizes and structures the functioning of an organization. This means a constitution
could be written for a country, a state or province, a business, a club, or any other
organization that needs a standardized procedure to carry out its
purposes.

Democracy is a type of government. In a
democratic government, the people being governed have the power and make the decisions
for the government, either directly by voting personally for every decision that is
required of the government or through representatives who are elected by the people and
given the authority and responsibility to vote on behalf of the
people.

In the United States, the Constitution establishes
a representative democracy as the form of government for the USA. This can also be
called a constitutional democracy since it is designated as the type of government for
the United States in the Constitution. Citizens who meet the qualifications to do so may
vote in elections for representatives to the Senate and the House of Representatives.
These elected officials vote on behalf of the citizens who elected them to make the
decisions needed to run the government.