Republic

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noun
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives,
and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
• archaic a group with a certain equality between its members.

The United States of America is a Constitution-based federal republic

Federal republic -
a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of self-government;
ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives.

It's the same deal of a system that looks good on paper but never really works.
Ultimate sovereign power should rest with the people...
How is that when only 60% of the people vote?
When the representatives are not representing the people who voted for them.

There are people who aren't being represented.  What should they do?
The right to free speech, a free press, peaceful assembly, and petitioning the government
is how people represent themselves.