[rstuart4133]

> Twice is democracy speaking.

Those of us who live in countries that banned gerrymander decades ago, made discriminating against voters a crime, and use something other that first past the post have a quibble about you calling the USA a beacon of democracy. One citizen, one vote, one value has never been a priority there.

Having a high percentage of participating voters invariably drags the outcome towards the centre. It's almost certain if the USA had of bothered to get their democratic institutions in order sometime in the past 2.5 centuries Trump would not have won. But as the citizens of the USA demand they have the freedom to not participate in their democracy, it's unlikely it will be fixed any time soon.