did you not call it a "representative" republic?
Are you saying morals & religion are our problem, or the lack there of?
Really? The.Lack.There.Of.
Yes I said representative, however, I think the problem is that the people who vote may know nothing about the person they are voting for, so I see that as being more like blind representation, as opposed to a populist representative. Heck many of them could care less what their constituents want. 😋