Right, there are different forms of democracies. From this chart I see that US is categorized under Full Democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democracy

Right, there are different forms of democracies. From this chart I see that US is categorized under Full Democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democracy_Index_2012_green_and_red.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democracy_Index_2012_gree... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy