Will the United States be okay? How so?

The United States vs. itself: Eurasia Group's #1 Top Risk of 2024

The 2024 election will test American democracy to a degree the nation hasn't experienced in 150 years.

Views of America's future in 2050 | Pew Research Center

Overall, six-in-ten adults predict that that the US will be less important in the world in 2050. While most key demographic groups share this view, it is more ...

Is Our Democracy at Risk? - Boston University

A sense of unease about the US system of government grows among American voters. Faculty experts say electoral reforms and compromise might ...

What do you think will happen to the United States in the next ...

353 votes, 186 comments. Potential civil war? Transition to a dictatorship? States seceding? I see these all as a possibility.

What a second Trump presidency would mean for the world

A 'deal' with Putin, tariffs on all imports, targeting Iran...if Donald Trump wins in November and is as good as his word, America may add to global uncertainty.

Project 2025 Would Destroy the U.S. System of Checks and ...

Far-right extremists have a plan to shatter democracy's guardrails, giving presidents almost unlimited power to implement policies that will ...

How this US election could change state of the world - BBC

Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet hears from leading experts about what's at stake ahead of the vote.

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..

Will the United States be okay? How so? - Quora

Yes, I think so, but it's entirely up to Americans. For young Americans, it may seem like the end of the world. Racial tensions, a global ...

Why Democracy Matters and How To Make It Work for the 21st Century

Although democracy is failing to meet the needs of many Americans, it is far preferable to an autocratic system, and it can be modernized with a compelling set ...

2. Issues and the 2024 election - Pew Research Center

About eight-in-ten registered voters (81%) say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Do Americans hate their democracy? | America, Are You OK? Part 1

In the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for the White House, there are battleground states, and then there's Alabama.

30 Day Election Security Update from the Intelligence Community

Protecting the 2024 U.S. elections from foreign malign influence is crucial for safeguarding democratic integrity and ensuring that election ...

Outside of the U.S., how do leaders view Harris and Trump?

Next month's U.S. presidential election is being closely watched across the world. But do foreign governments have a clear preference for ...

Is America in Decline? | TIME

As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump proclaims that he can “Make America Great Again” and Joe Biden promises a brighter future, ...

The US is the world's science superpower — but for how long?

This year's pivotal election will shape the future of US science. Rising international competition and domestic concerns are also at play.

The United States Will Be Shocked by Its Future - Foreign Policy

The Soviet Union had become a modern industrial and military power too—though its economy still trailed America's by a lot—and from 1945 to 1989 ...

The Build Back Better Framework - The White House

President Biden's three-part agenda to rescue, recover, and rebuild the country. It includes the American Rescue Plan, American Jobs Plan and American ...

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

Noted Civil War historian Nina Silber, a BU professor of history and American studies, on whether the current political climate in the US could lead to ...

Is It OK to Leave the U.S. if the Wrong Candidate Becomes President?

The magazine's Ethicist columnist on modes of resistance to American electoral politics.