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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Is the U.S. a democracy?

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Daily, Talk Show, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

For decades some conservative scholars and politicians have asserted the United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. So which one is it?

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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

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Hi, this is Scott in Pittsburgh. During a recent jackpot

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my ears perked up when Meghna mentioned an interest in talking about the increasingly common argument that the United States is a republic, not a democracy.

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Now there's a news hook. Look at the resolutions passed by the recent

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Republican State Convention in Washington. This is a silly debate that I've thought about a lot

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because I overthink everything.

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listeners give us. And Scott, we may or may not know exactly what you mean

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by being chronic overthinkers and second for those of you who don't know Scott was

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