Yes and no. Our representative republic has been perverted by evil men/woman. Our so called leaders have deceived citizens for decades, even more so over the last decade.
Voting is almost an illusion now. So much corruption, backroom deals. Those who claim to be republican are really nothing more than liberal progressives. Think about it. We try to vote them out...too much power/money in politics it sometimes takes decades to rid ourselves of them...if ever.
The last couple of congressional elections, We the People voted a more conservative (or we thought so) congress. Giving the house back to the republicans, then shoring up the majority in the house for the republicans the next election, then giving the republicans the Senate, most governorships, state houses.
Again, we've been betrayed by congress. So, what more can We the People do but to vote in the party we feel will drive the country in the right direction to then realize...republicans and democrats are really cut from the same cloth.
We've learned the gubbamint is spying on U.S. citizens phone records/internet/credit card data through the NSA. We've learned the IRS attacked conservatives with the express purpose of altering the outcome of an American election. One lady here in Texas, Kathy Englebreck (spelling might be off) with King Street Patriots Tea Party and True the vote had the IRS, ATF, OSHA and EPA sicked on her and her husband before the last Obozo re-election.
We now know of the corruption in the DNC, State Dept., FBI, DOJ...all the way to the white house. We've learned that Obozo whisking billions of $$$ of cold hard cash on pallets, unmarked planes to t_error countries. Obozo administrations push for a force just as well equipped as the military in equipping our local law enforcements with military gear...militarization of law enforcement.
This goes on and on and on. We the People have done our part and voted...the gubbamint continues to operate outside the bounds of the constitution against the will of the people.
Well, you’ve got THAT right, too!