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Originally Posted by Guest
Since we all (?) agree that ONLY Americans who vote are the ones who count, it is fair to say that 51 percent of American voters (a majority of American voters) voted for Pres. Obama. The 29.5 percent of all eligible voter received by Pres. Obama was a greater number than the number garnered by Romney.
If a person did not vote, they have no one to blame except for themself for the person elected and therefore, these people do not count.
As far as the Supreme Court, their decisions are based upon the majority of the Court- as written in the Constitution.
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Since we don't "all" agree that only the ones that voted count, you premise is flawed. A non-vote is not a vote for Obama, so he did not get the majority like it was stated. He only got the majority of the votes cast. Big difference. The idea or theme of this thread was "does the majority rule in America?"
The supreme court decisions are not based on the consensus of the American majority. It is merely based on the majority vote of a few old term limitless judges, and that majority is usually controlled by the political party in power, or had the most appointments to the court.
Our country is not a pure democracy. We are a democratic republic, which means that we are supposed to be represented by politicians that we elect. The majority does not make law. For example, the even though the majority might favor civil unions between gays, the majority does not favor gay marriage. The majority do not rule in America.