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This may come as a surprise to you, but yes, in a democracy the people are to blame for who gets elected.
In a functional democracy, the candidates would run on things people want. Instead, both parties cater to what the elites want.
The difference between Republicans and Democrats is whether they pay lip service to these policies or not (then Democrats find a way to not pass whatever that policy is, whether it's with a rotating villain, the parliamentarian, keeping the filibuster, etc).
No? No. Democracy, functional or not, has no direct determining power on what candidates cater to. What democracy does is select the winning candidate, regardless of who the candidate caters to.
We may be a flawed democracy with candidates that cater to the elites, but we're still a democracy and we still pick the winner.
You're describing an oligarchy with extra steps, not Democracy.