Is the USA a democracy?

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In a broad sense, yes. You can make a case for it not being a great democracy because of gerrymandering, the Senate, the electoral college, etc. But the point conservatives claim to be making when they say it's not a democracy is that it isn't a direct democracy. That's just not what democracy means. The real point they're making is that they're trying to deflect when people rightly accuse them of being anti-democratic.

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Err... you are a German. Your country also uses an electoral college to elect your President.

Apples and oranges. The President of Germany is not as important a position as the President of the United States.