The full spectrum of Democracy comprises Political, Monetary, Media, Economic, Focal, Paradigm Democracy and more....
 
However, when discussing Democracy, the majority of the population only know & discuss one aspect of it: Political Democracy
or more accurately, at present: Indirect Political Democracy, in which voters only get to:

• "decide" once every four years, not as and when an issue is to be decided
  
• "decide"on their representative, not the actual policies that they want
  
• "decide" on the candidates pre-vetted by the Oligarchs, not real candidates who would represent the voters
  

 
As for all the other areas / spheres of Democracy:

• they do not have such long lock-in period in-between decision time points
  e.g. Media choice for Redditors / Saiditors can be changed at any point in time
  
• the majority, unfortunately, are not cognizant of their rights & ability to choose,
  and thus their decisions are pre-determined/defaulted for them,
  or they "choose" without realizing alternatives are available
  (e.g. the default is Corporations, instead of Co-ops)
  -- thus they "vote" against their own best interests
  

 
Hence, anyone who takes on the responsibility for self to be a conscientious voter,
must take the foregoing into consideration
in order to be able to fully & properly exercise one's duty and right to vote
so as not to be:

• shortchanged/usurped of their rights/interests available under the whole spectrum of Democracy
  
• or worst, an unwitting facilitator, helping to perpetuate the system that usurps them
  

 
Also, given the issues noted above wrt the present political system: Indirect Political Democracy
the conscientious voter should actually take it upon self to change the system itself i.e.
from: Indirect Political Democracy that often go against their interest
to: Direct Political Democracy to better ensure that their interests would be served

 
In particular, for the next election,
to be able to reclaim power for the people from the oligarchs @ organized crime
the conscientious voter should consider:

• for the Congressional elections: vote for their local Co-opecratic Party to reclaim and keep power bottom-down
  
• for the Presidential election: write in 'In God We Trust" - and rally people of all religions to do so as well