Democratic support surveys are a staple of comparative politics. Yet, skepticism shrouds their validity. Poor public understanding of the concept of democracy has been singled out as a potential issue: Because the concept is neither understood nor experienced uniformly by everyone, the benchmark used to report levels of democratic support is often inconsistent or inaccurate (Dalton, Sin, & Jou, 2007; Kiewiet de Jonge, 2016). The issue is particularly acute in developing democracies, in which the application of democratic rules is often partial, with unequal scope and reach of its socialization (Fuchs & Roller, 2006; Kirsch & Welzel, 2018; Mattes & Bratton, 2007; Schedler & Sarsfield, 2007). In this article, we follow Dahl (1971) and consider that an accurate definition of democracy is at minimum procedural in the sense that it includes the organization of competitive, free and fair elections and the presence of independent media sources.