We are a Republic, not a Democracy. Democracy is two wolves and sheep deciding on what's for dinner. A Republic is two wolves, a sheep, and sheep dog deciding. Anyways, none of this or the debate would matter if the Federal Government hadn't grown into such a leviathan consuming 40% of the economy. Before we got to such a point, it didn't matter all that much who was president because the Feds didn't have control over so much of your life. Now every election is do or die...