[frankiep]

Oh no? Try telling that to the many people (yes, there are alot) who claim that Bush really didn't win the 2000 election because he lost the popular vote; and the people (again, there are alot) who don't see the necessity of the Electoral College and even go as far as to say that it is inherently wrong.

To go a bit off topic, but we are much more of a democracy than we are a republic. If our senators were appointed as representatives of their state governments as originally intended we would be more of a true republic.

[Andrewksu]

You'd be surprised how few of my liberal acquaintances have little or no knowledge of the term republic or it's functions. They also have severe misunderstandings of the first and second amendments, the balance of power between the 3 branches (aka power must be split on party lines ?!?), the roles of the federal and state governments, and most everything else related to the history, structure, and function of our country.

But then, I guess that explains why they vote Democrat.