and the constitution establishes the government as a democratic republic. > the constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government. that is, we have an indivisible union of 50 sovereign states. it is a democracy because people govern themselves. it is representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot. saying "it's not a democratic republic, it's a constitutional republic" is like saying "i don't have a truck, i have a vehicle".
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