“Voters Are Deeply Skeptical About the Health of American Democracy” October 27, 2024, 8:49 amRick Hasen NYT: Nearly half of all voters are skeptical that the American experiment in self-governance is working, with 45 percent believing that the nation’s democracy does not do a good job representing ordinary people, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll. Three-quarters of voters in the United States say democracy is under threat, though their perception of the forces imperiling it vary widely based on partisan leanings. And a majority of voters believe that the country is plagued by corruption, with 62 percent saying that the government is mostly working to benefit itself and elites rather than the common good. The eroding faith in the nearly 250-year-old American system of government follows four years of unparalleled challenges: a violent riot in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the criminal conviction of former President Donald J. Trump and Mr. Trump’s continued insistence that the democratic process is rigged. Coupled with stubborn inflation, divisive culture wars and geopolitical crises, voters are expressing exasperation with American politics and a government that they believe has failed to serve them at the most basic level…. But against those broader headwinds, voters expressed confidence in the American process of selecting leaders in the upcoming election. Nearly 80 percent of voters — including a majority of Republicans, Democrats and independents — trust that the 2024 presidential election results will be accurate. Such trust is an improvement from two years ago, when about 70 percent of voters said they had confidence in the results of the midterm election. Americans pointed to the mainstream media and social media as particularly bad for democracy, though Republicans were more likely than Democrats to blame news outlets. But political polarization is also affecting Americans’ perception of what’s to blame. Republicans view Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden and Democrats in general as bad for democracy. They also cite voting by mail, electronic voting machines, immigration and even the Department of Justice. Democrats see one central threat to democracy: Mr. Trump. “He is a dictator incarnate,” said Jeffrey Braman, 51, a military veteran in Lansing, Mich. He expressed concern that “more than 70 million Americans believe in him,” referring to the number of votes Mr. Trump received in 2020. “More than 70 million. That means they want a king. Someone to dictate to them.”
Voters should be very sceptical of the health of American media. The fact this article (and many others) attack Trump in the closing paragraph displays a bias in the media. Soooo strange, Trump the baddy still walking around, not in jail, never done jail time.
I would like to see a poll asking what is Fascism ? TheMickey , please tell me what needs to be changed in our check and balance system that would allow a fascism to operate
Fascism is when your president unencumbered (actually supported by Republican and Democratic politicians) used truckloads of American taxpayer dollars to aid an unassociated country to ongoing rape and pillage of its neighbours.
After Biden, you'll have either Trump or Harris. The American support of Israel's evil will unwavering continue. Because it's Israel, then it's serving god and its not evil according to twisted logic. Hitler too had his twisted logic,
American and Israeli lying bastard politicians call this self defense. Self defense against an enemy running around in sandals and riding donkeys & bicycles.
Actually the position stated by likely Trump officials in the potentially incoming administration is that Israel should force all the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank to move to other countries. Jared Kushner is even promoting beachfront tourist resorts to be built in Gaza. Yep, you are right on one point-- moving all the Palestinians at gunpoint to other countries will end the war. Not a good deal for the population of Gaza and the West Bank however.
If USA discontinued all American taxpayer dollars of aid and ammo etc sent into Israel, the war(s) would cease immediately. Uncle Sam is the problem, and Israel feel justified and entitled to shit stir continually because the wealthiest country in the world is egging them on. It's a vicious cycle, America has many of its most powerful citizens who are Jews and they pull the levers. When Hamas or Hesbollah or Iran attack, the Jews feel threatened. But it's them who are salami slicing the neighbours land to accomodate their expansions. Religious beliefs has a great deal to do with this, where the Jews feel entitled their actions are justified by God. The christians agree. It's a mess!
As expected Hamas terrorists use a hospital as their base. Hamas used hospital as a military base, says ambulance driver https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...aza-lebanon-iran-hamas-hezbollah-latest-news/ Hamas was heavily embedded inside a hospital in northern Gaza, using its offices and ambulances for their operations, according to an ambulance driver. Speaking under interrogation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the driver said Hamas military operatives were known to operate “at the gates of buildings [and] in the offices” of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabalia. “They operate ambulances to transport their wounded military operatives and transport them for their missions. And this is instead of using ambulances for the benefit of civilians,” he said in a video released by the IDF. The driver was arrested after Israeli special forces stormed the hospital over the weekend, during which 100 suspected Hamas fighters were captured. Israel said it raided the hospital as part of its new offensive in northern Gaza in response to a “regrouping” of Hamas in and around Jabalia. Gaza health officials have denied Israeli claims of any militant presence at the hospital.