American democracy is under serious threat as new polling reveals nearly on-third of Americans would support essentially a autocratic military dictatorship instead of an elected term president, proving terrifying truth for Donald Trump’s recent dictatorship comments.
“Against a tide of antidemocratic threats and a rise in autocratic movements around the globe, representative democracy still remains largely popular, but support has slipped over the last decade, according to the results of a wide-ranging survey from Pew Research Center.
There remains widespread dissatisfaction with the ways democracy is functioning, and nearly three-quarters of respondents in a survey spanning 24 countries believe that their elected officials don’t care what their constituents think.
Half or more respondents in 17 countries are dissatisfied with the way democracy works, a share that has declined since the survey was last performed in 2017.”
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