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A November/December 2013 poll found that 63% of Republicans believe same-sex marriage should be left up to individual states to decide. [98] In 2017, Pew Research polling found that for the first time a majority of Republicans weren't opposed to same-sex marriage, with 48% against and 47% in favor.
More broadly, in Federalist No. 10, Madison distinguished a democracy from a republic. Jefferson warned that "an elective despotism is not the government we fought for." [80] Madison wrote: In a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents.
The Founding Fathers of the United States rarely praised and often criticized (direct) democracy, which they equated with mob rule; James Madison argued that what distinguished a democracy from a republic was that the former became weaker as it got larger and suffered more violently from the effects of faction, whereas a republic could get ...
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 ...
Donald Trump's Republicans wrap themselves in the flag and wave the Bible, pretending to be patriots and Christians, but they are neither. Opinion: Republicans hope to demolish democracy that was ...
Jean-Pierre described “MAGA Republicans” — a term Biden has recently come to embrace — as “the most energized part of the Republican Party.” The president views the pro-Trump faction ...
Dominance imagery using the Stop the Steal conspiracy theme erected on the day of the Capitol assault. 75 percent of Republicans believe the conspiracy theory [267] with nearly half approving of the Capitol assault. [268] [note 16] Brooks thinks sharing of conspiracy theories has become the most powerful community bonding mechanism of the 21st ...
OPINION: Jan. 6 was just the warmup act to the GOP’s attempts to subvert the will of the people. In statehouses across the country, Republicans are doing everything they can to overturn voters ...