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To clarify, we are not a federal republic or a democracy. ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28United_States%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E

• lusis 15y ago
  Forgive me for accepting something other than Wikipedia as asource of truth: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... I left off the constitutional part.
  • jemond 15y ago
    The point is people don't understand this. You have never voted for president, I have never voted, your mom has never voted. You cast a non-binding recommendation on election day. There is no difference between casting a ballot for president and not casting a ballot. It is the same thing.
    • lusis 15y ago
      The electoral college ONLY applies to the president. The president can't (despite best efforts) unilaterally make laws. The role of president has very little legislative power (IMHO) as it should be. The fact that people blindly use the word "democracy" (something that the founding fathers warned against) and attempt to "spread" it in other countries only highlights the need for better education. We are under a rule of law, not a rule of mob: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch." - Benjamin Franklin.