We're not a Democracy, we're a Republic, big distinction
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
representative democracies are a type of republic. The united states government can accurately be referred to as a constitutional republic or a representative/electoral democracy. but i have no interest in engaging in semantical debates which ignore the actual point behind the statement.
Main Entry: representative democracy
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a type of democracy in which the citizens delegate authority to elected representatives