I have been BlogExlposion surfing and I have noticed a “theme,” if you will, on the Liberal leaning blogs about how to improve the “American Democracy” or words to that effect.<\/p>\n
We don’t live in a democracy. Your vote is not directly tabulated on election day. We live in a Representative Republic (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all).<\/p>\n
Your vote is counted toward the electoral college, which then casts a bloc vote for your area. That is how you can win the “popular” vote and still lose the election. One area with 10,000 voters has 8,000 votes for person A and 2,000 votes for person B will file an electoral vote for person A; two other areas of 5,000 voters each has 3,000 votes for person B and 2,000 votes for person A will file one vote each for person B. Yes, A had 12,000 popular votes and B only had 8,000 popular votes, but the electoral votes were 2 to 1 for B.<\/p>\n
You want my respect? You want me to consider your point of view? Get your facts straight, and then write. Calling the USofA a Democracy is not having your facts straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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