ezrider
Member
Here in the United States we do not have a pure form of democracy, but rather a democratic republic. I have heard this argument used in defense of the upholding electoral college for electing the president, but I can not accept that defense.
What is it that makes our form of government a republic? Does the way we choose to elect a president make it then a republic? Or do we consider it a democratic republic because we employ three equal branches of government between the executive, legislative and judicial branches?
The legislative branch being those democratically elected within the state and within localized districts to represent the people of the state before the republic. This branch contains two houses, the Congress and the Senate. One house represents the states equally among them, the other represents the peoples of the states proportionally.
Wasn't Rome once upon a time considered a republic even though Caesar was it's head? What does having a democratic republic form of government have anything to do with electing a president?
What is it that makes our form of government a republic? Does the way we choose to elect a president make it then a republic? Or do we consider it a democratic republic because we employ three equal branches of government between the executive, legislative and judicial branches?
The legislative branch being those democratically elected within the state and within localized districts to represent the people of the state before the republic. This branch contains two houses, the Congress and the Senate. One house represents the states equally among them, the other represents the peoples of the states proportionally.
Wasn't Rome once upon a time considered a republic even though Caesar was it's head? What does having a democratic republic form of government have anything to do with electing a president?