‘Saving Our Democracy’

Talk about Saving Our Democracy?  We, hear all this talk about saving our Democracy from politicians, college students, and young and old people on the street who are interviewed by the various News Media!

When these people talk about saving our Democracy, they do not understand that our country, The United States of America, is not a government created as a Democracy, but created by our Founding Fathers, as a ‘Constitutional Republic’!

 We elect our representatives who will govern our country, hopefully according to our ‘Wishes’ and their Promise to fulfill those wishes!

A simplified way of distinguishing the difference is:

In a Democracy, the people are sovereign, and the people are the ultimate source of authority! They are directly involved in government decision making.

The key difference is that a direct democracy involves citizens making governmental decisions themselves.

In a Constitutional Republic Government, the authority of the majority is limited by legal and institutional means so that the rights of individuals and minorities are respected.

While a Constitutional Republic is a form of democratic government whereby citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf