America is both a democracy and a republic. Citizens hold supreme power, and so America is a republic. At the same time, it is obviously a representative democracy. MAGA Republicans, however, like to ...
Conservatives often insist that the United States is “a republic, not a democracy.” It’s actually both, and many Americans use the terms interchangeably. But what’s irrefutably true is that democracy ...
It’s become common lately to claim that the United States is a republic rather than a democracy, as though these terms are contradictory. LNP | LancasterOnline published the May 19 letter “The United ...
I am not surprised that the author of the op-ed “The U.S. alone is saddled with an Electoral College. How did that happen?” (Nov. 4, TribLive) is from California. The two coasts seem overwhelmingly to ...
I notice that the word Democracy is misused and misunderstood and at times toxic - because most of the electorate doesn't know its true meaning. "Democracy" was the term Aristotle used to describe a ...
A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...
The left has been setting their hair on fire of late, lamenting if the right's candidate gets elected, democracy will be lost, and we will all be controlled by a Hitler-like figure.
SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – As cities across the nation, including Mobile, had “No Kings” protests, organizers and political analysts alike are drawing sharp comparisons between democratically elected ...
You hear it all the time on the news: “Our democracy is under attack.” Politicians talk about “saving democracy” or “defending democracy.” It sounds nice. But here’s the truth most folks don’t hear ...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better ...