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Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

  • Written by Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing themWhat's the future of democracy in the U.S.?Richard Sharrocks/Moment/Getty

Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice.

Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns that formerly secure democracies are becoming less democratic. Different measures of democracy, such as scores produced by...

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