[thomk]

So you do not personally vote on (as an example) how much money goes to schools? Your representative does that voting for you. Is that correct?

[beobab]

You are correct. The typical voter does not vote on how much money goes to schools.

[growse]

The UK is a representative democracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy).

[thomk]

So is the United States.