Not sure why you're downvoted. I've lived in multiple countries, including a dictatorship and a very corrupt democracy. The dictatorship was definitely preferred to the corrupt democracy - nothing worked in the latter. It was just deadlock after deadlock.

The US isn't as bad as that very corrupt democracy, but I do not share many people's views that when a country switches to democracy things will improve. There are far too many factors in play, and people voting is only a small factor amongst all of them. The culture of the people probably matters a lot more than whether they get to vote or not.