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Locut0s

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3. I bet that many countries that you would consider true democracies also struggle...

Reply to eniwetok (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 20, 2017, 12:38 AM

Feb 2017

also struggle with issues of voter representation, gerrymandering, and the like. That being said I agree it's a particularly stark problem in the US even before the Trump era.

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Is the US still a democracy? [View all] Locut0s Feb 2017 OP

right captain_democratic Feb 2017 #1

How can anyone believe the US is a "democracy"? eniwetok Feb 2017 #2

I bet that many countries that you would consider true democracies also struggle... Locut0s Feb 2017 #3

how does one "gerrymander" national elections? eniwetok Feb 2017 #5

The Electoral College is basically a gerrymander against demographics... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #8

The EC was pure politics... designed to give whites in slaves state... eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

I understand that... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #11

Can't just blame GOPers when Dems are AWOL on democracy eniwetok Feb 2017 #13

Does the author of the poll even know WHAT DEMOCRACY IS? eniwetok Feb 2017 #4

My answer is no. Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #6

demographics makes our system more antidemocratic... eniwetok Feb 2017 #12

Democracy in the US died in 2000 poli3 Feb 2017 #7

It didn't matter what SCOTUS did... eniwetok Feb 2017 #10

Technically the United States is a constitutional federal republic Lurks Often Feb 2017 #14

democracy vs republic eniwetok Feb 2017 #16

not as simple as you claim eniwetok Feb 2017 #17

GERRYMANDERING and VOTER SUPPRESSION NO ... NOT AT ALL !!! uponit7771 Feb 2017 #15

Reply hazy try again NurseJackie Feb 2017 #18