Just an FYI. Maybe what you write is not what you mean, but most countries are not a Democracy. France is not a Democracy. It is a Republic which is consistent with most governments in the world, other than most of the Middle East, China, etc. There is a big difference between a Republic and a Democracy.

BTW, the reason the US President is not elected by the voting population of the people is to prevent too much control from areas which are highly populated. The North East, West along with Texas, and Florida contain the majority of the pupulation in the US. Without the electorate those locales would have full decision power of who becomes President. To give the remaining population and states some power to influence the election of a President the electorate was established. Thus, it's highly possible that the overpopulated areas desire to have a specific President, but based how the overall vote was broken down by state a different individual might win an election. Generally speaking this would only happen in a VERY VERY VERY close race.