Silly Hillary, Democracies are for Thugs....
It is a good thing we are not a “democracy”- simple majority vote type of electoral process.
I find it hard to believe that so many folks think we are a democracy. No where in our founding principles is the word found to my knowledge. Rather, we are clearly a representative republic- a form of government where all power to govern is vested in the people, who then form a government to secure their rights ( while giving some liberty up for common society) and we elect people directly who then speak for the body politic.
The separation of influence from direct election through the lens of representative principles checks the mass/mob rule tendencies of a population. We change things by increments, not saber slashes.
Goodness Lady, even school kids know that bullying is wrong-that’s why we have adults supervising school kids- to assure that the most popular/powerful munchkin doesn’t injure everyone else....
How’s that “Foundation” working out for you these days?
I think they are right. What we should do is vote based on county. Most counties won in the state gets the electoral votes. This way a city like Philly where it is normal for 105% of the population to vote only gets one point. If illegals in LA county want to cheat, go ahead. It’s still only one point. Add up the points, assign the electoral votes.
Now, not only is it one man one vote, but you also have a built in fail safe to prevent cheating. What are the rats going to say?
The problem seems to be that Woodrow Wilson referred to the first world war as the “War to protect democracy”. Once the press took up the habit of referring to the country as a democracy and touting the virtues of democracy people began to forget what it really meant. Most people now seem to think that words can be tossed like a salad with no concern for real meanings, “decimate” is just one example, it is used daily by meany people who have no idea of its original meaning. They think it means essentially the same thing as to destroy.