https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-republic-and-a-representative-democracy https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-repub...

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-republic-and-a-representative-democracy https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-repub... That tipped me off to thinking that We may be using differing definitions of the word republic. So I went to a semi more trustworthy source wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic If you scroll down to the section on the Elections you'll see where I formed the opinion that an indirect election of the president conforms with the definition of republic I'm used to. >> The indirect election of the president through the electoral college conforms to the concept of republic as one with a system of indirect election. In the opinion of some, direct election confers legitimacy upon the president and gives the office much of its political power. So this is where I formed the (incorrect) idea that the word Republic had a hard and fast definition that corroborated this definition. Obviously I was wrong, but I'd like to say that you are not correct either. Typically I hate being wrong, but through this exercise I was able to learn. So thank you for challenging me to dive deeper to find out why my definition didn't match the commonly accepted definitions and where'd I'd come to that conclusion.