I wonder what they are teaching in school now a days. The US was never a democracy, it was never intended to be a democracy. The US was set up as a Republic, hence the name "The Republic of the United States of America", based off of the the Roman form of government. (Democracy is from the Greek city states period) A republic isn't a democracy, the founders of the nation did everything in their power to make sure that the common citizen couldn't directly affect political discussion, because they knew it would become a popularity contest since most people don't know the qualities needed to make a good leader. (The last three presidential choices prove them correct.)
Originally the president wasn't voted in by the public but select members of each political party. The system is kind of still used today, but the system today is something that was never intended. The voting process is nothing more than a sham to make people think their vote counts. What they are voting for is who is going to vote. (Each party chooses anonymous representatives in each state and depending on the state laws some or all of the party's representatives will vote. The kicker is they don't have to vote for their party's candidate. Which is one of the reason why an independent or smaller party (Communist, Green, etc) will never be voted in.
Though the way it is left it susceptible to being controlled by the elite rich, which wasn't as big of a deal back then because usually the rich were the only ones who had an education past 6th/8th grade. So in reality the voting system, and the government itself needs to be overhauled from the top down.
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