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Is This Really Democracy?

Is This Really Democracy?

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Since the average American does not have the time to be deeply involved in their parties politics, and have little or no say in who the party elects as their delegate, and only gets to vote on the representative candidates chosen by the political parties, is this really democracy?

Here is a recent letter from Chris K. and our response.
In response to the above segment on your home page, it is not really a democracy, our system is technically a Republic form of government that appears like a democracy.....

Chris K.

Chris,

Thank You for your response. My guess is that you must be involved in politics or you are a student, am I right? It seems as though you are playing a word game, much as politicians do. Yes, the United States is a Republic and more technically correct a Democratic Republic.

Lets clear a few things up. We’ll start with definitions using Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 1989 edition, it’s what I have handy.

Democracy:
1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. A state having such a form of government.
3. A state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. Political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5. The common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to political power.

Democratic:
1.pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
2. Pertaining to or characterized by the principal of political or social equity for all.
3. Advocating or upholding democracy.
4. (cap) Govt. a. of, pertaining to , or characteristic of the Democratic party. b. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Democratic-Republican party.

Republic:
1. A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of the citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. Any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3. A state, esp. a democratic state, in which the head of the government is an elected or nominated president and not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
4. … I would continue but the rest of the definitions are not relevant.

Let's look at the original statement that I made.

"Since the av

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