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Your #1 priority going into the 2026 midterms
#poll
The economy/cost of living
Foreign policy
Defending democracy
Immigration
Other
182 votes
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Anonymous 1w

either cost of living or democracy. Or why just one cant a mf get both anymore☹️

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Anonymous 1w

one day people will realize we live in a republic, not a democracy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

We’re supposed to be living in both. Also, weren’t we so proud to be the worlds first democracy (even though thats not *entirely* true)?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

No we’re not democracy is just a buzz word the media uses

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

the full term for what we live in is "federal constitutional representative democracy", which can be shortened to "federal democratic republic" because that covers both the democratic and constitutional rule elements. it is not a pure republic and no such thing has ever existed. hope this helps

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

think the full term is Democratic Republic. I could be wrong.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

We vote we through a democratic system. We arent a free market society is what you mean to say.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

we vote through an electoral college

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Indirect democracy. or Representative Democracy. interchangeably still a democracy. We vote senate and HR. They make or over turn laws based on what voters decide. If you’re talking about solely the president. Then no. But the president doesn’t really matter unless your trump and want to do everything like a monarch. We vote directly for senate, house, mayors, ect.

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