Most Americans feel democracy is under attack in this country (56%), according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as 51% say it is likely that elected officials in the US will successfully overturn the results of a future election because their party did not win.Nearly all Americans feel that democracy in the US is at least being tested: 93% total say that democracy is either under attack (56%) or being tested but not under attack (37%). A scant 6% say that American democracy is in no danger.Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say that democracy is under attack, and that view is most prevalent among those who support former President Donald Trump. All told, 75% of Republicans say democracy is under attack, compared with 46% of Democrats. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, those who say Trump ought to be the leader of the party are much likelier to see democracy as under threat: 79% in that group vs. 51% among those who say Trump should not be the party’s leader.
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
CNN Poll: Most Americans feel democracy is under attack in the US
Author: Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy,
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Publication Date: Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy,
Link: CNN Poll: Most Americans feel democracy is under attack in the US
Stephan: This is what Trumpism has produced; our democracy hangs by a thread. If the Republicans take over either the House or the Senate in the 2022 election, you can kiss American democracy goodbye, and we will go into climate change utterly unprepared.