This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — that “-ic” means it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process NOT the country) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic (the country).
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is only modifying what the country really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... it’s still socialism.
This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — that “-ic” means it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process NOT the country) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic (the country).
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is only partially modifying what the country really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... it’s still socialism.
This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — that “-ic” means it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic.
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is only partially modifying what the country really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... it’s still socialism.
This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — that “-ic” means it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic.
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is out partially modifying what it really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... still socialism.
This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — as in it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic.
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is out partially modifying what it really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... still socialism.
This.
The US is a constitutional republic with a democratic election process. The US is NOT a democracy (which means pure democracy), rather it IS democrat-ic — as in it takes elements from democracy (again, in our election process).
You can correctly talk about “our democracy” (as in referring to our election process) AND acknowledge that this democracy exists WITHIN a constitutional republic.
You can also correctly say it’s a democratic republic, but even then the word democratic is out partially modifying what it really is... a republic.
It’s kind of like “democratic socialism”... still socialism.