Our form of government has turned too far to the "democracy" side and is in grave danger of losing its constitutional aspect altogether. IOW, our government is collapsing. Obama's plan, no less!
One of the goals in the Communist Manifesto (the “first step in the revolution”, per Chapter 2) was to “win the battle of democracy”, now that you bring that up.
Notice Democrats love of democracy fails when the voters don’t agree with them.