I agree with the spirit of your statement. However, the VOting Rights Act places strict requirements that mostly prevented some of the most egregious forms of v

I agree with the spirit of your statement. However, the VOting Rights Act places strict requirements that mostly prevented some of the most egregious forms of voter suppression that we are seeing today (strict ID laws, fewer polling places etc.). The VRA was gutted very recently and it has directly lead to a resurgence in these un democratic laws. So for people who may have been vaguely aware of American democracy for the past few decades, it is a fact that America has become less democratic in that time.