This oft repeated notion that any vote outside of The One True Approved School of Thought(tm) is "not democracy" is dangerous.

Regardless of the process, a voter's vote is a vote and the sum of the votes (including voters who do not vote, "I don't care." is a valid vote) is the democratic will of the people one way or another.

Also, if you truly do want to argue that voters should vote a certain way then you should plainly say so instead of being disingenuous.