The west was guaranteed a Republican form of government, not a Democracy. Democracy is mob rule and are completely interchangeable concepts. The best way to illustrate the concept of demo (mob) cracy (rule) is the majority voting to eat the minority for dinner.
The rule of the mob, or the majority is Don't Vote, in effect the only mandate that was ever passed and continues unprecedented today is Don't Vote as 2/3rd of Americans voice their opinions of mob rule every four years, all other mandates aren't even close to majority.