Yes, it was definitely not a perfect direct democracy. However, since the term citizen was not given to so many individuals at that time, it is probably the best example we will ever see of this system. It seems that a large percentage of what was determined to be a vote worthy citizen (namely adult non-slave males) would actually participate. Of the 250,000-300,000 people, your link states that about 1/3 were considered citizen families. This puts the number of citizens at around 100,000. Not all of these would have been males of course. However, they think that approximately 30,000 of the males actually participated in the vote. Even if we are assuming 50/50 split between men and women in the 100,000 that is over 50% of the citizen males voting.
Edited by Tempe 12ft Chicken, : Added: vote worthy
Edited by Tempe 12ft Chicken, : added signature
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity. -Richard Dawkins
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. -Issac Asimov
If you removed all the arteries, veins, & capillaries from a person’s body, and tied them end-to-endthe person will die. -Neil Degrasse Tyson
™ Version 4.2
(1)