Is true democracy in the US is dead?

[GusFrerotte]

I know we are a Republic, but our media seems to steer the populace into voting a certain way and that is what I am getting at.

[firstdown]

Like Dean need help.

Howard Dean - YouTube

[firstdown]

Then their is old fart,

Hillary Clinton Farts! - YouTube

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I know we are a Republic, but our media seems to steer the populace into voting a certain way and that is what I am getting at.

No, I think most people understand that in our system the liberal, or conservative, hacks aren't going to win a majority of the electoral votes, or popular vote. Most people move toward majority viewpoint, rather than an "extreme" position.

I am no media lover, but they mostly report to their largest bases, if your candidate isn't being pushed, guess what, you probably wouldn't win if this was a true democracy, as you put it.

And your thread title asking if true democracy is dead, I would answer it's more so in it's infancy. As people start getting more and more information, and respecting the norms of society less, and thinking my way must be the right way, and here is a website to prove it, we will see more and more movement toward true democracy (and for the record, that's a bad thing).