Whatever Happened to the USA Being a Republic?

The Founders of the US Constitution were very clear: the American citizenry should not directly decide how to handle the questions facing the country; the American citizenry should choose who decides by electing representatives.

This election posed no less than 205 questions on 37 state ballots. The country is becoming a land of “mob rule” and this is a tragedy. The United States is not a pure democracy but rather a representative republic. A republican form of government is where citizens elect representatives who will then pass the laws by which we are to be governed. In forming our republic the framers of the Constitution cited nearly 15,000 references.

California led the list with 37 questions followed by Colorado (28), Washington (28) and in 4th place was Arizona with 25 questions. I suppose voters in those states reviewed all the arguments, researched the subject matter thoroughly? If the country keeps this up, soon voting is going to feel like one is taking a SAT test.

Our country needs responsible representatives and not ones deflecting the tough and complicated questions of the day onto the public via these ballot initiatives.

States that “Tested” Their Voters



“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth …For my part, whatever anguish of the spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to prepare for it.”- Patrick Henry cautioned