From the first search I did.

Q. How "democratic" was Germany prior to WWI?
A. There are two historiographic answers to the question of "how democratic was Imperial Germany" and both lay out persuasive points for both a (soft) affirmative and the negative.

So there is a difference of opinion even amongst historians.

Now, we just wait for why the one that does not agree with Keith is wrong. That is just the way it works. There is honestly no point in pursuing the argument any further as it just gives this thread killer more of a platform.