The phrase "a consequence of democratic" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks a noun to follow "democratic." You can use it in contexts discussing the outcomes or effects related to democratic processes or systems, but it needs to be completed.
Example: "The reforms were seen as a consequence of democratic engagement in the community."
Alternatives: "an outcome of democratic" or "a result of democratic".
The project will investigate why claims for political self-determination have intensified and whether they are a consequence of democratization or a democratic deficit in the EU and its member states.
But the present plight of democracy is also a consequence of typical democratic complacency.
The inclusion of a roof might be a consequence of the Democratic National Convention, which had to scramble to shift Mr. Obama's acceptance speech from the 74,000-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., to the 20,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena when storms threatened to wash out the closing night.
The schedule is in some ways a consequence of the initial "100 hour" Democratic push.
A Republican president's success is due to his own policies and his failures are a consequence of the policies of his Democratic predecessor.
Scalia admitted that upholding a law of general application against an individual's claim of religious freedom "will place at a relative disadvantage those religious practices that are not widely engaged in; but that unavoidable consequence of democratic government must be preferred to a system in which each conscience is a law unto itself".
However, the other likely psychological consequence of democratic untimeliness is complacency.
The influx of refugees into Europe, from both Syria and Libya, is the continuing consequence of democratic politicians failing to appreciate the inappropriateness of introducing democracy into states with no established record of the peaceful transfer of political authority.
But perhaps our leadership could inspire the more receptive and inquisitive public attitudes needed to fight this polarisation.Nicholas GeiserSan FranciscoChannel Island storySIR – The problems in Sark to which you allude have arisen under the island's old feudal system and are not the consequence of democratic reforms ("Democratic revolution", July 14th).
