(I don't really think voting matters, I can't say I see the US as a democracy. I just can't see it with things like the Electoral College. Maybe if I understood it better, but I dunno.)
The U.S. government system is not a democracy. It is a republic, or in other words, it is a representative democracy. Thus the electoral college.
Also, a republic != representative democracy.
A lot of the medieval/early modern period Italian city states were republics but did not approach a democracy. Similarly, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and a whole lot of other countries are constitutional monarchies which are also representative democracies.
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So, Whom Do You Like?
- 05/11/2012 11:38:42 AM
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Oh, goodie!
- 05/11/2012 04:06:58 PM
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Neither, particularly.
- 05/11/2012 04:17:07 PM
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Heh, fair point.
- 05/11/2012 07:28:32 PM
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Btw.
- 07/11/2012 09:27:20 PM
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Thanks; I did want to know, but did not want to ASK since it is none of my business.
- 08/11/2012 05:12:01 PM
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I appreciate that
- 08/11/2012 05:35:56 PM
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As you surely know, the old rule I obviously ignore is "never discuss politics or religion."
- 11/11/2012 04:01:56 PM
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I don't understand.
- 06/11/2012 02:56:23 PM
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I don't think my answers matter since I don't live in the US, but I'm bored.
- 05/11/2012 10:33:45 PM
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To help you understand better.
- 06/11/2012 03:02:22 PM
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It's not a direct democracy.
- 06/11/2012 04:50:41 PM
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