Democracy is only as good as the people who participate in it. Garbage in...Garbage out.
Why discussion of "democracy"?? The USA is not and never has been a democracy. In fact, a lot of our problems come from groups trying to force the USA republic into a "democracy" straight-jacket.
Here is what George Carlin had to say about democracy.
“Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ‘The Public Sucks. F*ck Hope.’ “