Lol Swiper, my interpretation is so interesting that you come back days later to ask again? Basically, it is that in a democracy each citizen's vote would count equally so that there is a direct relationship between the citizens' choice and the final outcome. In a republic there are elected officials who decide the outcome on behalf of the general citizenry. Thus, on the federal level, none of us has a vote on upcoming laws, they are voted on by congressman and senators, then on to the president and the supreme court. Every 4 yrs, a president is elected, not directly by us, but by the electoral college. That usually works out well, but it does introduce the possibility of what happened in this election, and in 2000. All a moot point in a way, in any election that is so close to a 50-50 vote, there will be a LOT of unhappy people. If you reread my 2 posts that interested you, I was not suggesting that the 2016 election did not go according to "the rules." I was regretting that about 50% of America is unhappy, that it has happened before, and that it may happen again in other elections. And, I was wondering if there wouldn't be a better way to structure our government that preserves the democracy aspects and minimizes the discontent. I'm done, I usually avoid political and religious threads because they can become so time consuming and occasionally produce bad feelings.
yes it does interest me. thank you for the reply. i like to hear people's thoughts on a republic like we have(or had) and a democracy, the pros and cons. the electoral college, the way US senators use to be chosen by state legislatures not the states popular vote. i never paid too much attention in history class during my limited schooling. it's all very interesting to me now.
i think my first post you quoted me, i came across as some smart ass know it all jerk. i didn't mean for it to sound like that.
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