Democracy means rule by the people, but what general forms does it take? Participatory democracies, pluralist democracies, and elite democracies. Now, think about some of their benefits and negative aspects. When we don't have the real rule of the people, we don't have a democracy.
Proposed changes in the US Census, our voting rights are under attack with new voter suppression tactics, The Electoral College ramifications, along with the disproportionate power held by Senators from smaller states appears to be a growing problem for democracy in The United States of America.
Our Founding Fathers created a chamber that fit the 18th century, but why di #WeThePeople allows their design to give disproportionate power to the least-populous states? How can there be control of public policy in a democracy? By controlling who sets that policy, and voter suppression is the most effective way to do just that. All three branches of government should work equally to represent the citizens of the #USA.
How the least-populous states grabbed the lion's share of power in the U.S. Senate https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-08/senate-power-imba…
Here's how we could replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote by 2024 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/2/14/1834548/-Here-s-how-we-could-r…
Potential privacy lapse found in Americans' 2010 census data https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/potential-privacy-lapse-found-amer…
There's a 'Crisis of Credibility' at the U.S. Supreme Court https://at.law.com/N8bLXA?cmp=share_twitter
Trump's emergency declaration: A threat to our fundamental freedoms https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norman-ornstein-on-trump-emergency-declara…
Variations on Democracy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-government-and-politics/fo…