[Abogado]

College Repub stated"
"You can believe what you wish, but your rights ultimately dependent on the whims of the majority."

For that you get an F.
First, we are not, nor have we ever been a democracy. America is a Constitutional Republic with several checks and balances against the tyranny by the majority.
1. Free press (sorta)
2. Seperation of powers. (sorta)
3. Armed population
4. Juries (and jury nullification)
5. (getting tired, there is at least one more)

[College Repub]

I realize that we are a federal republic. So.....

Fine, the majority on a local level, with lots of local levels within our geographic border.. Better?