Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, writes columnist Danny Westneat.
Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government
The problem is that the words are imperfect and people use democracy to mean direct democracy, but it also means any form of government where the ultimate power lies in the hands of the people. So our republic, any way you cut it, it still a form of democracy. Hell we even have some elements of a direct democracy.
And what is even more annoying is that Republicans will argue that this is why we don't directly elected the POTUS, because we are a republic...but we could directly elect the POTUS and we would still be a democracy.
Yes, because we could elect whoever we want. The way the system is set up has some faults that have it tend towards a two party system, and this should change, but ultimately the outcome is the result of the way we vote.
Because the power structure is set up in a manner that best represents those who donate the most to the largest political parties, and if people voted for what they actually wanted, this spoils the vote.
US democracy is a sham, both the Democrats and Republicans serve their wealthy donors, and field candidates are dedicated to that front.
You're arguing that the system isn't perfect, not that it isn't a democracy. Not interested in being dragged off point by someone not arguing in good faith.
It says "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof"
There's nothing in it comparable to "the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority".
The Constitution is in some ways is a sequel to the Declaration of Independence, which states: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed". While the Declaration of Independence is not a legally binding document, it is widely upheld as a sort of "vision statement" for US government and governance