America is not a democracy. The people do not decide who will run the country.
America is not exactly a Republic. At the National level it is sort of a Republic because the leaders are elected by each state. The key difference with a Republic is a group of sovereign states. A Democracy requires each person to vote for the President and for every other elected official. In America only the votes of the States matter.
America is a collection of 50 governments.
People need to believe they are protected from the whims of the government. Letting them vote achieves that. Not letting them vote for President is disguised as letting them think they are but changing the results into a sort of instruction how the delegates should vote on the first ballot.
After the first ballot the delegates can vote for whomever they want. That means it’s not a democracy. developing ……..
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