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Originally Posted by theking
Because we are a Democratic Republic.
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Please get it right the US is a Constitutional Republic. Big difference.
The United States of America (commonly called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.
A Democratic Republic is a country which is both a republic and a democracy. It is one where ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens. However, in practice countries which describe themselves as democratic republics do not always hold free or fair elections. One example of this was the German Democratic Republic, a communist state commonly known as East Germany.[1] Another is the Democratic Republic of the Congo which in 2011 was rated by Freedom House as a "not free" country having a rating of 6.0 (1.0 being completely free and 7.0 being completely unfree).[2]