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Crunchy Frog

(26,574 posts)

6. My answer is no.

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 01:03 AM

Feb 2017

We no longer have a free press, and haven't for a long time. We no longer have any integrity to our elections.

The candidate and party that wins fewer votes ends up in power, and nobody can even say with any authority how many votes someone got, as our elections are unauditable, while millions of people are being out and out disenfranchised.

I fear that we are going to become even less democratic than we currently are, but I strongly believe that we are already not a democracy.

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Is the US still a democracy? [View all] Locut0s Feb 2017 OP

right captain_democratic Feb 2017 #1

How can anyone believe the US is a "democracy"? eniwetok Feb 2017 #2

I bet that many countries that you would consider true democracies also struggle... Locut0s Feb 2017 #3

how does one "gerrymander" national elections? eniwetok Feb 2017 #5

The Electoral College is basically a gerrymander against demographics... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #8

The EC was pure politics... designed to give whites in slaves state... eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

I understand that... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #11

Can't just blame GOPers when Dems are AWOL on democracy eniwetok Feb 2017 #13

Does the author of the poll even know WHAT DEMOCRACY IS? eniwetok Feb 2017 #4

My answer is no. Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #6

demographics makes our system more antidemocratic... eniwetok Feb 2017 #12

Democracy in the US died in 2000 poli3 Feb 2017 #7

It didn't matter what SCOTUS did... eniwetok Feb 2017 #10

Technically the United States is a constitutional federal republic Lurks Often Feb 2017 #14

democracy vs republic eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

not as simple as you claim eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

GERRYMANDERING and VOTER SUPPRESSION NO ... NOT AT ALL !!! uponit7771 Feb 2017 #15

Reply hazy try again NurseJackie Feb 2017 #18