We have no choice in who runs for president so is that really a democracy by the people?

Answer 1

Defiantly not.

Answer 2

How the heck would you have a choice in who runs for president unless you controlled other people's will.

Democracy doesn't mean you get to tell other people to run for office. You just get to vote or you get to run, yourself.

Answer 3

Well, I suppose that you really have a point but I don't know how it could be changed. The person who has the most money usually wins an election. Mainly because they draw the most attention via media coverage & they can hire the best people to write their speeches, do research on issues that interest the people so they know how to address an audiance of voters & win them over. You will note that the front runners of both parties, have the most money. That doesn't make them the best people for the vote, but they usually get it simply because people feel that they know them better than the others, they think they know what they are going to do if they get into office; generally way off base, as in the case of our current President.

Answer 4

You, like many other people are under the false impression that we are a democracy. We have never been a democracy. The founding fathers set up a representative democracy government. We hope that our elected representatives act on the wishes of their constituents. As of late our representatives thumb their noses at us.

Answer 5

No. But we're not a Democracy by the people we're a Republic. The ancient Athenians had a direct democracy of the people but they were the only ones.

Answer 6

It is a Democracy by the people because anyone of us could run for president (by anyone I mean any person over 35 who is a natural born citizen and has lived here for the past 14 years).

Answer 7

Well, honey, there is what is called the Write-in vote. Most people don't use it, but if every SINGLE voter chose to exercise their right to do so, I don't see how it could be denied. Most people stick with someone whom they think could be a winner, of the majority. Seems no one wants to risk betting on the dark horses. But that's what it would take, to break the monopoly that lawyers have on the election process.
- The Gremlin Guy -

Answer 8

You hit the nail on the head Sarah (fine old Hebrew name, by the way!). I've said for years that we need a national primary instead of letting all these redneck states that are first in the rotation (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, etc) cull the herd before they even get to the rest of us! We only have one election, don't we? Why not have one primary like every other country on the face of the earth does?

Answer 9

Move to Cuba, you don't have to understand anything there. From your quesiton you would be right at home.

Go VOTE and you have as much say as anyone else. Or would you like us to appoint you God and you can pick who ever you want.

I assume you are dissatisfied with this administration. Well I was dissatisfied with the last one, especially when he cost me, a 50 year old disabled man, my job.

You're pissed, I am almost homeless, I guess that makes us even.

Good day.

Answer 10

We choose who runs for president when we vote in the primaries.

Answer 11

We have a choice who runs for office by supporting the candidacy of individuals who are interested.