Origin and meaning of the name The original meaning of Servius was forgotten by the late Republic. Chase derives the name from the verb servo, to keep or preserve.
Pros of Direct Democracy. Direct democracy has two main pros. First, it makes the government responsive to the general wishes of the public. When people want to see change in their government, they can gain results quickly by voting. Furthermore, direct democracy tends to create more political participation.
1 Democracy is defined as a political system which is made by/of/for the people. The republic is the representative democracy with the chief of the state known as president.  In a democracy, the rule of majority people prevails whereas in the case of the republic the rule of law prevails.