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eniwetok

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13. Can't just blame GOPers when Dems are AWOL on democracy

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 02:47 AM

Feb 2017

Gerrymandering is different. It games the House districts... and the House is the most "democratic" feature of the Constitution. Since gerrymandering is state based, it doesn't need a constitutional amendment to fix.

The bigger problem with our system... from a democratic perspective, is state suffrage... and to reform that requires an amendment... which to be ratified has to get through an antidemocratic process.

But Dems... not even the vast majority of liberal Dems, want to finally make our system democratic.

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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