America wasn't designed as a democracy.
The FFs were terrified of true democracy, so we got, and still have, the non-proportional Senate, and the Electoral College (to override voters). The only classes able to vote originally were only white male land owners and male tax payers.
black males got the vote (but also got Jim Crow'ed) before white wimmen.
One of the biggest lies, myths that American believe is that the USA is democracy.