Because it allows people to elect it's representives indirectly through other elected officials.
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A Republic .
Technically, no. By definition, all republics are representative in some form, since "republic" means "rule by elected officials", and elected officials are representative of the people who elected them. To use the term "representative republic" is just redundant. While it was used in the past by at least one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, it actually doesn't mean any more than just saying "republic". However, there are many countries that call themselves republics that are actually run by military dictatorships or religious leaders, and do not really have representative government, so the term "representative republic" could be used to emphasize countries that are truly representative.
The Republic of Georgia is a representative democracy.See link below.
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It is a Federal constitutional presidential republic. So, yes the US is a republic.