I didn't get my definitions from wikipedia. I got them from merriam-webster.

There are different types of democracies. A true democracy is based on mob rule. A representative democracy is a type of republic, where the citizens elect representatives to create laws, etc.

the US is a representative democracy, not a pure democracy. It is not a pure republic, either. It is both.

HA! High school classes are utter crap, anyway.

I'm a political science major, with a minor in political philosophy.. so I kinda know what the hell I'm talking about here.

doob can you show me where the constitution was changed to make us from a republic to a democracy as the constitution is the supreme maker of this country we dont do waht we want on a whim..the country is run incorrectly but we are a republic and have been since day 1

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actually college courses are crap as they tend to be misled by liberal professors who interject thier persoanl opinion as fact to thier students sooo college teaching on politics is wasted money...

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Ya'll can sit here and argue Republic or Democracy all day long, but the bottome line here is we are all being set up for a new system of slavery, in fact most of us will enslave ourselves without even realizing it. Make no mistake, big brother exists and he is already watching us! Fewer and fewer things are obscured from his view. Someone made mention earlier to us being taught the history that they wanted us to know and he's right. We currently reside in an Orwellian world of doublespeak listen closely and you will hear it. I'm sure we all remember Geore W. Busch's No Child Left Behind Program, but would it surprise you to know that it's purpose was to leave every child behind! Would it trouble you to know that much of your television programming is paid for and manipulated by Lobbyists for certain corporations, operating as legitimate government employees? Are you aware that it is no accident that there are hundreds of reality shows about absolutely nothing. I'm sure we all recall our parents referring to TV as the idiot box.

My ex-girlfriends favorite shows used to be Scrubs and The Girls Next Door and she would love to break my balls callin me a nerd and shit cause i like documentaries and political shit! Thje 24 hour new cycle keeps us plugged into the ltest in the Casy Anthony case or right now a new daily, unconfirmed story about Michael Jackson. Are we paying attention? I assure you..distracted is just the way they like us!

Um, by your own logic in a republic there is no democracy - because democracy means no president or congress. That's so far off the mark it isn't funny.

Nothing is cut and dry in politics, especially terms like "democracy". There are many forms of democracy, the US government being a prime example of a representative democracy.

Just because it's a democracy, doesn't mean it isn't a republic.

The US is both. Get over it.

So again i present as my evidence we are a republic the constitution of the United States and the declaration or independence. please present your evidence showing we were formally converted from the republic we have been

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A representative democracy IS A REPUBLIC. The US is a representative democracy, and also a republic.

Why is that so hard to understand?

I never said we aren't a republic, but we are certainly also a democracy. The two aren't completely independent of one another. We are both.

^Couldn't agree more CapK. +rep

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