It appears the presidential candidates running for the highest office in our country do not know the difference between a democracy and a republic. We are a constitutional republic that our founding fathers knew would separate us from the rest of the world. Yet, it seems our presidential candidates are not aware of this as they continue to call us a democracy. I wish one of the moderators at the debates would question the candidates on this.
In addition, the Electoral College was put into the constitution so all votes would count. The Founders knew with the original 13 states, that a few state would control the vote if we elected our president by popular vote. Today, no more than 9 states could dominate the election process if we had the popular vote and the rest of the states would be meaningless. That is why the Electoral College must remain so all votes count and not just a select few from the most populated states.
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