First off, if everyone studied what the founders really wanted, they would soon learn that a Democracy was not it. Our founders wanted a Republic,
Definitions from Merriam-Webster (
http://www.merriam-webster.com)
Definition of DEMOCRACY1
a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
Definition of REPUBLIC1
a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
b (1) : 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
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
We have a republic for a reason. Why everyone wants to call it a democracy is beyond me, but according to the founders and what they wanted, they did not ever want a democracy. In fact, historically speaking, a Democracy has failed almost everytime it has been used