Electing one Government for all policies is undemocratic

In democratic countries, citizens have the privilege of electing representatives once for every four/five years. In each electoral period, the representatives get to make decisions for the people in every aspect of society from gun laws to abortion, war, civil rights, taxes and so on. People don't elect different representative for each issue.

In such a system, an individual might have to compromise on an issue just because he cares more about some other issue. This can lead to a situation where people have to live by certain rules which only minority of people agree on. Let's take an example to demonstrate this.

Majority of people in US want next Govt to pull out of Iraq. Majority of people also dont want to tax rates to go up. Political parties stands for one or the other, but not both. If people care more about the war, then they end up with a Government with higher taxes. If people care more about taxes, they end up with the country's army continuing to operate in Iraq. Asking people to make such a choice is undemocratic.

People are forced to elect representatives who stand against some of their ideologies. That's why electing one Government for policy making in every sector is undemocratic.

This begs the question.. What's democracy anyways?