Yeah, I don't think that's what is meant by a republic. The electoral collage is yet a separate piece to our presidential election. By being a republic we elect representatives which vote on legislation on our behalf as opposed to all laws going to the public for a vote. Having the public vote on all laws and having the majority decide would be a democracy.
You can check out federalist paper 10 which gives some insight into why the founders wanted a republic instead of a democracy.
Both the state and federal legislatures are republican forms of government. From article 4 of the US constitution:
...The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,...
The electoral college is just a mechanism so that a couple/few populous states don't control the executive branch. Nothing to do with us being a republic or not.
Yeah, I don't think that's what is meant by a republic. The electoral collage is yet a separate piece to our presidential election. By being a republic we elect representatives which vote on legislation on our behalf as opposed to all laws going to the public for a vote. Having the public vote on all laws and having the majority decide would be a democracy.
You can check out federalist paper 10 which gives some insight into why the founders wanted a republic instead of a democracy.
https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/text-1-10#s-lg-box-wrapper-25493273
Both the state and federal legislatures are republican forms of government. From article 4 of the US constitution:
The electoral college is just a mechanism so that a couple/few populous states don't control the executive branch. Nothing to do with us being a republic or not.