We had elections in communist Czechslovakia too, where the party got 99% of votes, just like with Assads. Was it democratic? No. It is frankly ridiculous to say that any elections with these kinds of results are in any way meaningful expressions of popular support.

We also had forced demonstration of support for the government. Had to go into parades, etc.

The question is if you would be willing to go there now and publicly propose that Assad should not be a president, without fear of being thrown into prison?

Also what do you think of experiences of people who were tortured and killed by his subordinates for expressing dissent on facebook, or twitter, or in demonstrations?