Rob Rogers for April 26, 2016

And people wonder why most Americans do not vote.

Thank you, Rob Rogers. If we had one nationwide primary run by government, would that rid us of Citizens united?

The general election has never been “one man – one vote.” More individual voters opted for Al Gore over GW Bush but he lost the electoral election.

I’m fairly sure there is nothing in the party bylaws that assure one man (or woman) one vote. Parties don’t have to be democratic, they only have to choose a candidate.

It got outsourced.

There has never been one man one vote for many states except in the general elections.

It is an elegantly simple idea that those elected to legislatures across the nation actually represent the people. It is essential to the core theory of a democracy, that the people rule, and do so with equal political authority. The Supreme Court has concluded that representation in a democracy means that an elected official represents all the people in a particular constituency, and not just the voters. Everyone, voter or not, should feel free to make constituent demands on how an elected official uses government power. We “the people” includes everyone – including those who can’t vote, like children, non-citizens and convicted criminals.

And our democracy is a republic.

You vote for the Electoral Collage.

Considering the electoral college, it doesn’t get any better in the general election.One vote counts for more in states like Wyoming and Montana than California or New York.

“American democracy”: One dollar, one vote.

Thanks in large part to “Citizens United”, dark money is THE most dangerous threat to our democratic Republic.