text: do you think we should stay a republic? i am curious to know what the majority of people think.  do you think that our current republic (i am speaking of the usa) is a proper form of government for our country in this age? do you see a shift coming?  if you do think that our goverment is changing or will change what type of government do you see? thank you. article 4, section 4 of the constitution promised to every state in the union a republican form of government. forces that opposed the concept still exist today in, i believe the ideology of the american left. some speculate the work of lincoln began the demise, others the 17th- amendment. my personal research indicates text books went from constitutional republic and referred to america as a democracy in 1949. american government, by frank magruder ph.d.  published by allyn and bacon.  "a pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction.  a  common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there is  nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party.   hence it is, that democracies have ever been found incompatible with  personal security or the rights of property; and have, in general,  been as short in their lives as they have been violent in thier  deaths." -- james madison. "democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner." -- robert a.  heinlein