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Reply #19: American politics isn't really "democratic" anyway. [View All]

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msallied

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Wed May-21-08 06:49 PM
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19. American politics isn't really "democratic" anyway.

At least in the direct sense. We're a republic. A representative democracy. And in a sense, the current rules adhere to this country's tradition of selecting its leaders. In fact, they're probably even more "democratic" than they used to be, given that Presidential candidates used to be selected by Congress.

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