But we ARE a democracy - a representative democracy whose representatives are elected through direct democratic elections, with the exception of the president.
We are also a republic. However, that term encompasses a lot of very different forms of government. The USSR was a republic with a constitution, as is present day Iran (an Islamic republic), and Spain and Argentina and Mexico were under their dictatorships. Many republics have no constitution nor elections.
We are a representative democracy in a constitutional republic Drink another cup of coffee and wrap your head around that.
Find the word democracy even once in our founding documents.
You are wrong, we are a Republic, not some stinkin socialist rat hole democracy.