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> true in the same sense that the president of the USA is unelected Really? That's some knot-twisting you have right there.

• pjc50 4y ago
  If you say the US is a democracy, a whole bunch of people will come out of the woodwork to explain that it's a republic and the President is indirectly elected. Certainly the President is not elected by popular vote, a very important fact recently. Nor does the Federal government run the presidential elections.
  • xxs 4y ago
    >a very important fact _recently_ Not only, George W. Bush didn't win the popular vote, either - that was 22year back.
  • rascul 4y ago
    It's both a democracy and a republic. The terms are not mutually exclusive and an indirect democracy is still a democracy. Edit: Also, it's not just a single system. At different levels the positions are directly elected.
  • weberer 4y ago
    The US is a republic rather than a democracy because people don't vote directly on laws. Its unrelated to how the president is elected. An example of a democracy would be the Swiss system.