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Democracy. Free and fair elections. ... It doesn’t take a political science expert to realize that the America Trump has in mind can’t coexist with democracy— and that Trump’s most ...
Debates that pit our nation's status as democracy or constitutional republic tend to intensify around specific policy debates or more generally among candidates in high-profile elections, such as ...
For 250 years we have had this quaint notion that democracy was an end in itself. But all good autocrats know that democracy is just a tool to be discarded when it’s no longer useful. I’m ...
The state with the largest population in 1790 was Virginia with approximately 13 times as many residents as the smallest (Delaware). Today, "California, which consistently votes for liberal candidates statewide, "has 68 times as many residents as Wyoming; 53 times as many as Alaska; and at least 20 times as many as another 11 states".
In 2016, the United States was downgraded from a full democracy to a flawed democracy; [9] its score, which had been declining for some years, crossed the threshold from 8.05 in 2015 to 7.98 in 2016. The report stated that this was caused by myriad factors dating back to at least the late 1960s which have eroded Americans' trust in governmental ...
The holiday was promoted through the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. [8] A 16-minute film, I Am an American, was featured in American theaters as a short feature. [9] In 1947 Hearst Newsreels featured the event on News of the Day. [10] By 1949, governors of all 48 states had issued Constitution Day proclamations. [6]
CNN’s John Avlon writes that new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s words that “we don’t live in a democracy” show there’s a trend among right-wing leaders to dismiss a majoritarian democracy.
Democratic backsliding [a] is a process of regime change toward autocracy in which the exercise of political power becomes more arbitrary and repressive. [7] [8] [9] The process typically restricts the space for public contest and political participation in the process of government selection.