Did not the Constitions Framers intentionally design the US as a republic, not a democracy?
Citizens for True Democracy understands that the US is a republic, not a democracy. In fact, that is exactly our point — we think that America should become a democracy. This would require a constitutional amendment to replace the Electoral College with national direct presidential elections. Part of the Framers’ brilliance was their foresight. They realized that times would change. Thus, they created a mechanism through which the US Constitution could be amended. The process is complex, time-consuming, and requires a large majority of both houses of Congress and three-quarters of state legislatures. Despite these considerable obstacles, the Constitution has been amended in the past to make the government more democratic. For instance, in 1913, the 17th Amendment established the direct election of Senators. Prior to the 17th Amendment’s ratification, state legislatures had chosen US Senators, as per the original US Constitution. In the early twentieth century, however, Americans decid
