On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:06:10 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

We still have an electoral college, right? So long as we do, we have a
representative democracy, not a pure democracy.

It simply assures that the people in power, stay in power.

The only thing refreshing about Trump is he is showing how an outsider
can make a splash but it helps that he was already a celebrity and
that he has plenty of money he is willing to spend. He is not really a
republican. He could have easily run as a democrat and I think you
might be surprised at how many blue collar democrats support him.