To be absolutely clear, we don't know shit what Socrates thought of Democracy. Socrates wrote absolutely nothing down. We <i>do</i> know what Plato thought of it though, since he is the author of all the dialogues.<p>Moreover, Plato came from a wealthier, more prominent family than Socrates and he had family members on the side of the Tyranny of Thirty or whatever they called themselves, anti-democratic revolutionaries that claimed governance of Athens for a few years and weren't terribly liked.