DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

[Amarok]

I repeat 

The United States of America is a type of Democracy [not a pure direct democracy, as is the classical meaning of the term, but a mixed-Republic with a representative democracy and democratic spirit].

http://factmyth.com/factoids/the-united-...democracy/

Thus, the U.S. has a mixed-Democracy in a mixed-Republic (technically “a Democratic Republic;” although in modern times we avoid that term)… which is essentially why the major parties are called Democrats and Republicans and why Jefferson’s Party was the Democratic-Republicans. Consider, the U.S. is also federalist, which is why the early factions called themselves federalists and anti-federalists. TIP: See 

http://factmyth.com/factoids/the-united-...democracy/

Consider, in terms of the single classical factor that defines government types, “who makes the laws,” and in terms of “who votes”:

• Congress makes and votes on federal laws (and state congress makes and votes on many state laws), citizens don’t vote directly for the President or the Supreme Court, and citizens didn’t initially elect Senators directly. These are Aristocratic and Republican aspects of our Republican government in terms of voting and lawmaking.
  
  
• Citizens directly elect many officials (especially in the legislative branch) and citizens vote directly on some state laws. These are Democratic aspects of our Republican government in terms of voting and lawmaking. Here the federal laws are created by a “Representative Democracy,”… but the direct voting and lawmaking is “Direct Democracy.”
  

Thus, while we can’t describe the United States’ overarching system as a “Pure Direct Democracy,” we can’t claim “that it is not a Democracy” either.
We can instead just say: United States of America has a “mixed democratic and republican government,” which is what the term Republic essentially implies in the first place.
In other words, the United States is a Republic in the classical sense (which means it is democratic).

http://factmyth.com/factoids/the-united-...democracy/