Except not really. Actually, the question is wrong. And I'm not talking about the US being a democratic republic. That's not the point here. The question I'd like to pursue is how do you define or more accurately, how do you identify democracy?

I maintain that no country is a democracy.

Democratic Characteristics
A country can have democratic character, I believe. And a country can have anti-democratic or tyrannical characteristics. I believe that the dominant institutions of a society determine the degree to which a society, or any structure, is democratic. The dominant institutions determine the degree of democratic character.

In the US the dominant institution, many say, is the govt. Some here may agree with that. I believe--no, I know--that corporations are the biggest donors and political contributors in this country. Therefore, it follows logically, that in a society where money talks, as the saying goes, the group or institution with the money is the controlling group or institution. Corporations control the govt.

Corporations are the dominant institution in this society.

The Democratic Nature of Corporations
There isn't one. Corporations are tyrannies. Fascist charlatans and idiots pretend, and in the case of the ignorant, believe, that shareholder meetings equal democracy in corporations. A claim that is ridiculous on its face. Corporations are tyrannical institutions.

So if the democratic nature of a society correlates with the dominant institutions of the society and if the dominant institutions are anti-democratic and tyrannical, what is the political nature of the society?

How can it not be for the most part, anti-democratic?