A bipartisan majority (73%) of Americans agree that democracy is the best form of government, including 85% of Democrats, 77% of Republicans, and 62% of independents. Similarly, large shares (75%) agree that they value the U.S. democratic process of elections, even if it means their party loses elections sometimes. Majorities of Democrats (84%), Republicans (80%), and independents (67%) agree with this statement.
At the same time, 64% of Americans agree with the view that American democracy is in danger of failing. Democrats (85%) are more likely to hold this view than independents (60%) and Republicans (50%).
The poll also covers views towards President Donald Trump, including his overall job approval rating and his approval rating on key issues.
Democracy is fucking trash. Genuinely awful way to run things because it requires that the people be both educated and motivated about their civic duty and fails catastrophically if that stops being true.
But it’s still way better than anything else we’ve tried, or at least better than anything we’ve tried that can scale to needing to manage millions or billions of people.
Democracy is fucking trash. Genuinely awful way to run things because it requires that the people be both educated and motivated about their civic duty and fails catastrophically if that stops being true.
But it’s still way better than anything else we’ve tried, or at least better than anything we’ve tried that can scale to needing to manage millions or billions of people.