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The US is a strong federation of states, not a unitary state. Our presidential election has only a very tiny relevance to the laws passed at the federal level.

The government that most affects Americans day to day life are their state governments, many of which even allow for direct referendums.. of which the US has had thousands of. They are happening all the time, although they are usually local in interest and you usually won’t see them in our national news… unless they are particularly noteworthy:

Maybe you might remember the recent news of the Kansas referendum on abortion? Can’t get any more democratic than that.

(And by the way, several US states approved women’s suffrage before any country did.)