Graywolf wrote:
A politician can win the popular vote, and not be elected president. In fact it is possible that someone who was not on the ballet could become president, though that never has happened to my knowledge. What you really vote for is something like which party gets to appoint the president.
Yeah, I know. Sad system, isn't it.
In fact Kerry won the last election based on popular votes, but Bush got more electorial votes (barely). That is not democracy!
It is if you wanted Bush to win. It isn't if you wanted Kerry to win.
A representive form of government does not by any means have to be a democracy, and in no case is it a pure democracy. However, that is pretty meaningless because no government that I have ever heard of is exactly what that government claims to be. Even in a pure dictatorship there is a lot of influence pedeling going on.
graywolf
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