Democracy/Separation of Powers/Moderate

I believe that Americans do take the idea of democracy in our country for granted, because for the simple fact that I feel these days we have lost our grip on the true idea of democracy. Democracy in its truest form is, as we all know by now, a government structure exercised by the people. I also feel that the simple fact of getting to choose whether you want to vote or not play into this issue. In recent years, the amount of people participating in the elections, of any sort, have gone down drastically. This is a problem in my eyes for two reasons: those who choose not to vote leave the others, who do vote, to choose who runs our country, and what goes on; also, those who do not vote seem to be the ones that usually complain about what is going on. I don't believe people should get to rally or oppose those running if they did not even bother to vote.

Separation of Powers is extremely crucial in our government system, because without it our system would be overpowered. Since our government is separated into three major branches of power, it is important they stick with their powers and not take on the duties of another branch. One branch cannot take over any duties of another branch, because it cannot have too much power, for the sake of our country and our democracy.

I mainly see myself as a moderate person on the spectrum. I agree with points of both liberals and conservatives, but not one stronger than the other. I also disagree with points on each side of the spectrum which would put me in the middle of the spectrum as a moderate.