I agree, but their still aint no such thing as a Democratic Republic, such as what the skintman critisized my civics knowledge about.Democratic means "rule of the people" loosely translated, and it is subjugated into a direct democracy which is a majority voting system, and a representative democracy which is most similar to what we have today.
A Republic is essentially a style of government where the people are a majority or significant power base in the rule of the land. You can have a Socialist Republic, Communist Republic, Democratic Republic, etc. Ultimately it is estranged from the dictation of a supreme power, either via a church oligarchy, royal monarchy, or a dictator of sorts. For example, Cuba is not a Republic.
Democracy has no title of standing in this country. All of the states are a Republic of -------, the country is the Republic of the States United!!
We have an established Republic, not a Democracy. The democracy does not exist in this county, just the party.