It was never a full democracy to begin with. The professor should consult the books and read what our nation is - a Constitutional Republic.
The Constitution REQUIRES states to have Republican form of government, not a democracy.
Article IV, Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
We are NOT a democracy, either in whole or in part.
But we are being "invaded" -- more general government irresponsibility. But Hope and Change are coming -- DJT.
Liberal professor and a knowledge of actual history or the Constitution just don’t go together. He is an idiot and will guide young minds at school to be the same. None of this ever bothered him when liberals were in power.
His comments were directed to North Carolina not the US, nonetheless; your argument still holds.
“The professor should consult the books and read what our nation is - a Constitutional Republic.”
But is the state a Constitutional Republic?
Please don’t trot out that tired, pedantic trope.
A republic form of government is a subset of democracy, not a sui generis construction.