a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them

a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law Calling it a Democracy without mentioning the more important word misses the point; your original comment: The idea of a majority having more power than a minority is, as another user puts it "a feature, not a bug". That is exactly what our Republic protects against. The minority has the same inalienable rights as the majority.