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AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well
Dissociated Presstitutes ^ | February 8, 2021 | Steven Sloan and Thomas Beaumont

Posted on 02/08/2021 10:21:19 AM PST by Olog-hai

Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country’s bedrock principles, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Just 16% of Americans say democracy is working well or extremely well, a pessimism that spans the political spectrum.

Nearly half of Americans, 45%, think democracy isn’t functioning properly, while another 38% say it’s working only somewhat well. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: apnorc; dissociatedpress; fakenews; tds
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To: Olog-hai

The media lying to people is the problem.


21 posted on 02/08/2021 10:42:24 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Olog-hai

You cant really argue with a false premise to begin with...


22 posted on 02/08/2021 10:43:26 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Olog-hai

The global oligarchs have determined that democracy is too risky because it can result in anomalies like Donald Trump. What they have implemented with the 2020 election is called Managed Democracy.


23 posted on 02/08/2021 10:59:52 AM PST by Dave Wright
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To: Olog-hai
Democracy is working fine.

The un-fixable problem is that 330 million hugely diverse people cannot be governed as one country.

24 posted on 02/08/2021 11:04:14 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: rktman

Including Zerox.


25 posted on 02/08/2021 11:05:39 AM PST by DownInFlames (Ga)
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To: Olog-hai

A stolen election will do that to ya.


26 posted on 02/08/2021 12:03:52 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: Olog-hai

Hello???? We just had a stolen presidential election. Now we are stuck with an illegitimate dunce, his fraudulency Xiao Bai Den. Of course its not working well.


27 posted on 02/08/2021 5:48:39 PM PST by FLT-bird
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