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CMV: America is not a real democracy until certain things are fixed

I: The two-party system

Having only two parties in a democracy is a horrible situation. It makes compromise almost impossible, because not voting in line with your party means you are directly supporting the other party. Also, this other party is by definition your biggest enemy, creating a horrible political climate.

In general elections, any votes for a smaller party actually hinder your favourite big party and also feel like wasting your vote. Even if both candidates from the bigger parties are not that popular (2016...), one of them will win.

This is undemocratic because you are basically handing power around between two groups. The people who make up those groups are often selected internally (for lawmakers), the public only chooses which group may govern this time.

II: The Electoral College

This one is quite simple. Whoever gets the most votes was selected by the most people to represent them and therefore should represent them. Period.

Additionally, everyone's vote should count the same. Period.

III: Gerrymandering

After I first heard about that, I thought it was the most stupid and infuriating thing ever. It is basically cheating in an election. And it is legal. Elections should not be cheatable, and even if they are it should be a major crime. Gerrymandering has nothing to do with democracy, fairness or human decency, it's politicians picking their voters, not voters picking their politicians.

IV: Additional Problems 

There are several problems with Americas "winner-takes-all" voting, mainly that it's discarding up to 49% of the votes.

A whole lot of lobbying and corporate interests seeping into the law.

V: Conclusion

Americans always think they live in a role model for democracy. I think they don't, and I think more of them need to realize that most aspects of their political system are outdated or just horrible. In my opinion, America, especially in its current state, just does not deserve being called a real democracy. Now, CMV.
gpt
Well, America is not a democracy. It is a democratic republic. There is a big difference. 



>II: The Electoral College


This is the reason why America isn't a democracy. Part of a republic is electing others to represent us and our interests.


I suggest you read the Federalist Paper No. 68. It is an argument from the founding fathers about why the electoral college should exist:


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 "James Madison worried about what he called “factions,” which he defined as groups of citizens who have a common interest in some proposal that would either violate the rights of other citizens or would harm the nation as a whole. Madison’s fear – which Alexis de Tocqueville later dubbed “the tyranny of the majority” – was that a faction could grow to encompass more than 50 percent of the population, at which point it could “sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens.”"



America doesn't deserve to be called a real democracy, because we purposely aren't. The founders thought the Constitution is designed to ensure “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”




You insinuate that America is "lesser" in the sense that it "doesn't deserve to be called a democracy." But we don't want to be. Americans who think that we are a democracy think that because they were not taught the specifics of American history and the organization of our government.