Americans agree that the future of democracy is on the line in ...

Understanding democratic decline in the United States

The effort by Trump to subvert the 2020 election is the most obvious, but far from the only, example of democratic decline in the U.S..

Project 2025 Is a Blueprint for Canceling American Democracy

Our Constitution provides a framework, as do our democratic institutions, for political debate and disagreement within the natural parameters of ...

On July Fourth, how Americans see their country and their democracy

Americans' views vary when it comes to how they see the United States' standing in the world and the state of its democracy.

Only about half of young Americans say democracy is best form of ...

Only 54 percent of US adults ages 18-29 agree with the statement, “Democracy is the greatest form of government,” including 21 percent who agree strongly and ...

Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States

American voters are less ideologically polarized than they think they are, and that misperception is greatest for the most politically engaged people.

Democracy Has Run Out of Future - Foreign Policy

Democratic politics in the West has turned into a clash between two extinction rebellions and two nostalgias: an extinction rebellion of climate ...

Americans across Party Lines Express Concern over Weakening US ...

Amid a divisive election cycle, surveys show the US public is worried about the implications of political polarization and eroding ...

'Harvard Thinking': Our democracy problem

As the 2024 presidential election kicks into gear, U.S. democracy is again facing scrutiny. Probably for good reason.

8 Ways To Protect American Democracy

It is incumbent on all Americans to protect democracy during the 2024 presidential election cycle and begin to address the systemic problems ...

'A Crisis Coming': The Twin Threats to American Democracy

The United States faces two distinct challenges, the movement by Republicans who refuse to accept defeat in an election and a growing ...

How Much Danger Is American Democracy In? | FiveThirtyEight

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight's politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): On ...

Courts, campaigns, and confidence in American democracy

Given the importance of precisely measuring Republican perceptions of topics such as the 2020 election and prosecutions of Trump, the public survey included an ...

The State of Public Trust in Government 2024

A new national survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service confirms that America's crisis of public trust in government is growing.

Three Harvard scholars on threats to democracy

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Human Rights and Democracy - United States Department of State

Supporting democracy not only promotes such fundamental American values as religious freedom and worker rights, but also helps create a more secure, stable ...

American Democracy Was Never Designed to Be Democratic

American government has never been a government “by the people.” This is so despite the fact that more Americans are voting than ever before.

The Risks Facing Democracy - CSIS

Democracy is at risk because of a problem staring us right in our faces: The US has lost some of its moral authority to lead the world in protecting and ...

Parties' Divergent Realities Challenge Biden's Defense of Democracy

The president seeks to confront threats to American institutions, but Americans are deeply divided on who is imperiling them.

Future of American democracy loomed large in voters' minds

Two years of relentless attacks on democratic traditions by former President Donald Trump and his allies left the country's future in doubt, and voters ...

Why the Future Is Democratic | Journal of Democracy

The backsliding of democracies into authoritarianism is limited to societies in which emancipative values remain underdeveloped.