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  2. Monarchism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2021 poll by YouGov found that 5% of Americans would consider it a good thing for the United States to have a monarchy (7% support among men and 4% support among women), with 69% answering that it would be a bad thing. In the YouGov poll, African-Americans were most likely to answer positively in favor of a monarchy at 10% support. [18]

  3. United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.

  4. Democratic backsliding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As part of their Freedom in the World survey series, Freedom House downgraded the United States's score significantly in their civil rights and political liberties index between 2010 (94) and 2020 (83), citing the need for 3 main reforms: removing barriers to voting, limiting the influence of money in politics, and establishing independent ...

  5. What is impoundment? How Trump thinks he can control spending ...

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    After he reclaims this power, Trump said, “I will then use the president’s long recognized impoundment power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings.” There will be ...

  6. Democracy promotion by the United States - Wikipedia

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    Noam Chomsky argues that "U.S. democratic rhetoric and undemocratic substance have a long history," [104] and the United States only supports democracy "if and only if it conforms to U.S. economic and strategic objectives." [105] Such power dynamics associated with democracy discourse can be influential.

  7. Explainer-What is a government shutdown and what is the debt ...

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    A debt limit is a cap set by Congress on how much money the U.S. government can borrow. ... They won significant spending restraints in a 2011 confrontation that pushed the United States to the ...

  8. What does Trump win mean for immigration, abortion ... - AOL

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    Democracy and elections Trump opposes restoring the Voting Rights Act and wants to mandate same-day voting and require voters to present ID and proof of citizenship to cast their ballots.

  9. History of direct democracy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Direct Democracy: The Politics Of Initiative, Referendum, And Recall. Harvard University Press. Despite the author's bias against direct democracy, the book is a good read for the issues, personalities, and organizations in the Progressive period of the Reform Era. De Figueiredo, John M., Chang Ho Ji, and Thad Kousser.