This project examines the challenges for U.S. democracy promotion and its strategies in the cases of Jordan and Tunisia. First, the project analyzes the U.S. democracy promotion strategy, investigating what projects have been conducted in Jordan and Tunisia. The project argues, that U.S. democracy promotion is flawed on a conceptual-, priority- and strategic level, and we find that in order to reconceptualize the democracy promotion strategy, a stronger inclusion of the voices of the Arab people needs to be incorporated. Then, the project maps out the opinions of Jordanians and Tunisians alike, using data from the Arab Barometer. The project finds that democracy is desired, but that the views on the concept are highly varied. Finally, the project discusses the findings using Banai’s three principles for achieving democratic solidarity. By combining the voices population with the flaws in the democracy promotion framework, the project discusses different ways to reconceptualize democracy promotion, so that a democratization process happens on the basis of the people who live it, and not U.S. strategic interests in the region.