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  So how is that more democratic than each member representing roughly the same number of people?
context: Well first off, the POTUS office isn’t one-to-one with a prime minister of a parliamentary democracy. The POTUS is the head of state in the US, whilst the head of state in, say, the UK, is the king. The prime minister is just the head of the government, and is much more restricted in terms of executive orders and such than their American counterpart. 
  Secondly, you seem to think that parliamentary democracies don’t have separation of power. They do, just as the US. The government is separate from the parliament, just as in the US. 
  Thirdly, I think you place too much important on individuals over parties and policy. I don’t necessarily care who heads the executive branch, I care about the policies they enforce. And that’s much more dependent on which party they represent than who they happen to be. >
  
  Yes, that’s why I used the term “leader of the country” rather than head of state or head of government. And I never said a parliamentary has zero separation of power, rather that an executive branch should exist, and be separate from the legislature to increase the separation of power.
  As for your third point, which system you prefer is irrelevant to which is more democratic. More democratic doesn’t always been better, and you’re welcome to think a less democratic system produces better results. >
  
  
  Yes, that’s why I used the term “leader of the country” rather than head of state or head of government. And I never said a parliamentary has zero separation of power, rather that an executive branch should exist, and be separate from the legislature to increase the separation of power.
  
  Alright. So your main argument is basically that you don’t directly elect the executive branch in a parliamentary democracy? 
  Keep in mind that most of the US government (Secretary of State, Treasury etc) is elected by proxy when electing president, much like you elect a prime minster by proxy when you vote for parliament in a parliamentary democracy. The difference between the two systems is thus one person. And as I said, that person is much less important in a parliamentary democracy than they are in a republic like the US.
  
  As for your third point, which system you prefer is irrelevant to which is more democratic. More democratic doesn’t always been better, and you’re welcome to think a less democratic system produces better results.
  
  You’ll have to define ”democratic” here. To me, the ”democratic-ness” of a system is best measured as the amount of influence people have on the policy being enforced. Being able to elect your head of state is just a proxy for that measurement, and one that is much less relevant in a parliamentary democracy than in the US. Other things to take into account when measuring the ”democratic-ness” of a country are things such as government transparency, how easy it is to vote, voter participation, the influence of money on the electoral process etc. >
  
  Cabinet positions are far less important than the leader of the country. And by more democratic, I mean how much more direct the democracy is. By more democratic, I don’t mean better, I just mean that the voter plays more of a role in determining the government >
  
  Is your view just that it's more democratic than the UK system or that it's more democratic than all parliamentary systems? Also are you just talking about presidential election or all elections for the government, so house/senate as well as president? >
  
  I’m saying the US system is more democratic than all parliamentary systems. I’m focusing on how the executive branch makes the US more democratic. Legislative elections more or less function in a similar way for both systems >
  
  Doesn't the US system deliberately make one of your houses have extremely unequal representation by having states all have the same number of representatives regardless of population? >
  
  The US had a bicameral legislature. Meaning there are two branches of the legislature. The House Representatives has representatives based off the population of each state, and the senate has equal representatives for each state