[DBrow]

We have pretty long. The USA is not a democracy, it’s a republic, a constitutional republic with representative government.

Democrats want to turn the USA into a democracy, republicans want to keep the republic concept.

[trimom]

Thank you. Every time I hear someone refer to our form of government as a democracy, I want to strangle a public school teacher.

[reg45]

Whether it’s a democracy or a republic or some combination of the two is irrelevant. The founders had the right idea. The franchise (right to vote) should be limited to property owners - or even better to taxpayers. This would minimize the effect of people voting themselves “gifts” from the public treasury.