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How much of a democracy are we really? [U.S.]?

Asked by flyawayxxballoon (1352points) September 1st, 2008

Democracy- 1 a: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

Courtesy of merriam-webster.com

Do the people really, truly have the power?

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