One half of young Americans in new poll say democracy in US is 'in trouble' or has 'failed'

[beijingwalker]

One half of young Americans in new poll say democracy in US is 'in trouble' or has 'failed'
BY MONIQUE BEALS - 12/01/21 08:16 AM EST

A national poll of people ages 18 to 29 found that most young Americans said that they believed the county’s democracy is either “in trouble” or has "failed."

Specifically, 52 percent of respondents said that they held these beliefs, including 39 percent who said that the U.S. is a “democracy in trouble” and 13 percent who said that the country is a “failed democracy,” the poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School released on Wednesday found.

Twenty-seven percent of the respondents said that they viewed the country as “somewhat functioning democracy,” and just 7 percent said that the U.S. is a "healthy democracy."

When considering the results along party lines, more Republicans viewed the state of democracy in the country as in trouble or failed than did Democrats or unaffiliated young people, the survey found.

A total of 70 percent of Republicans said that they held this view, including 47 percent who said that the U.S. democracy is in trouble and 23 percent who said that it has failed. Among Democrats, 45 percent said that the country's democracy is in trouble or has failed, and 51 percent of independent and unaffiliated young people had the same responses.

In terms of President Biden's approval rating among young people, 46 percent of young Americans who took part in the survey said that they viewed him favorably, marking a 13-point drop since a poll published in April from the same organization. Forty-four percent said that they viewed him unfavorably in the new survey.

The latest survey was conducted Oct. 26-Nov. 8 and included 2,109 18- to 29-year-olds. The margin of error for the poll was 3 percentage points.

One half of young Americans in new poll say democracy in US is ‘in trouble’ or has ‘failed’

A national poll of people ages 18 to 29 found that most young Americans said that they believed the county’s democracy is either “in trouble” or has “failed.”Specifically, 52 perce…

thehill.com

 

[nang2]

Newer American generations have been taught to act with emotion, not reasoning. Why would they expect democracy to work when they have no skill to think and no skill to make trade-offs?

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Newer American generations have been taught to act with emotion, not reasoning. Why would they expect democracy to work when they have no skill to think and no skill to make trade-offs?

One person acting irrational is a personal issue but an entire generation doing so is a social issue. If that's how it rolls then so be it.

 

[beijingwalker]

Having a pessimistic whole young generation, what you can expect for this country's future.

 

[313ghazi]

Newer American generations have been taught to act with emotion, not reasoning. Why would they expect democracy to work when they have no skill to think and no skill to make trade-offs?

One person acting irrational is a personal issue but an entire generation doing so is a social issue. If that's how it rolls then so be it.

They're being screwed over by the system. The model of governance is biased towards those who fund political campaigns and policies that appeal to the lowest common denominator without thought to the impact on the future or the vulnerable.

 

[nang2]

They're being screwed over by the system. The model of governance is biased towards those who fund political campaigns and policies that appeal to the lowest common denominator without thought to the impact on the future or the vulnerable.

They are more screwed by the system than by their own affluence. All systems try to screw their own people. It is up to people's own vigilance to protect themselves and curtail the negative influence from their system. When they drop their guard, they are screwed for sure. That is what happen when you get rich. Life is too comfortable for them to stay alert.

 

[beijingwalker]

Biden is right that global democracy is at risk. But the threat isn’t China

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/democracy-summit-china-russia/2021/12/03/d64d4544-537a-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

 

[beijingwalker]

Wonderful scenes of America's democracy..

 

[SaadH]

US has been a democracy in name only right from it's inception, where only white males were given the right to vote and blacks were counted as three fifths of a human. Large populations of blacks were enslaved and had no rights what so ever. Slave owning low population states were given equal say in the governance by giving them the same number of senators as large diverse states, which stands to this day, whereby a large heavily populated and diverse state of California with over 40 million people has the less number of senators as the sparsely populated predominantly white states of the Dakotas. Then you had the jim crow laws in the south and women suffrage only came about a hundred years ago.

On top of this, big money and special interest heavily influencing the elections. More money spent usually results in better results. Corporate media's role in perpetuating the plutocracy. Gerry mendering negating minority/democrat votes and then the two party establishment working in collusion to keep out any third party challenges. Lastly, the supreme court is the biggest hindrance to any democratic aspirations when it has made such undemocratic rulings like corporations are the same as people and can legally bribe their way to getting any and all favorable laws passed in their favor.

US is a corporatist plutocracy for the rich of the rich and by the corporations.

 

[Daniel808]

Welcome to Murica 2021

Christmas edition

 

[Stranagor]

Welcome to Murica 2021

Christmas edition
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That's deppressing.

You fund the police, the police begin to kill based on race and class.

You defund the police, those formerly subdued begin to loot and shoot.

 

[Daniel808]

That's deppressing.

You fund the police, the police begin to kill based on race and class.

You defund the police, those formerly subdued begin to loot and shoot.

Yes, they are in deep sh!t.

A crucial sign of declining empire is your society problems is a mess

 

[beijingwalker]

Most Americans believe US democracy ‘at risk of extinction’: poll

Just 26% of those surveyed said they felt US democracy would be secured for future generations, while 51% agreed with the statement, “U.S. democracy is at risk of extinction.”

nypost.com