That is not a good metric of democracy. If your only metric of democracy is a poll of an information that actively suppresses information, China is by far the most "democratic" developed country with Western polls showing approval ratings of the CCP at 80+%.

So no, just being polled highly is not sufficient for something being democratically sanctioned. If you want to know if the People agree with what the CIA does let 100 people read the entire archives uncensored without any further justification and see what you get.