Posted on 04/10/2024 10:03:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader, according to a study released Thursday.
The report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or International IDEA, concluded that “democratic institutions are falling short of people’s expectations.” The 35-member organization promotes democracy worldwide.
”It is past time that people’s perceptions are centered in conversations about the future of democracy; this analysis is a small but important first step towards that effort,” the Stockholm-based organization wrote. […]
In eight countries, “more people have favorable views of ‘a strong leader who doesn’t have to bother with parliament or elections,’” the institute said, adding that India and Tanzania stand out as countries “with relatively high levels of support for a ‘strong leader.’” …
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Not to mention, given that Woodrow Wilson once said that in his view, “in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are … one and the same”, can we substitute the word “socialism” for “democracy” in this study?
So, what's the problem with electing Donald Trump? He can't be any more undemocratic than literally ANY Democrat party member who runs for the job.
Trump should state:
“ If elected I will completely remove any taxation upon senior citizen’s Social Security benefits”
Exactly.
Good idea 👍🏻.
The wording is awful-
Denmark seems to be one of the others-
the charts are on and around page 50 of the report if you care enough to attempt to decipher it.
https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/2024-04/perceptions-of-democracy.pdf
I wish I could get the idea to him directly .
Being on social security myself I know how much that would help me, personally
“more people have favorable views of ‘a strong leader who doesn’t have to bother with parliament or elections,’”
My guess=
India
Tanzania
Solomon Islands
Colombia
Romania
South Korea
Lebanon
Iraq
It comes from fig 3.2 on page 53.
After scrolling through the study-it looks like a steaming pile of nonsense.
This garbage “news” source must like the “democratic” Senile ignoring the Supreme Court on student loan forgiveness; trashing US immigration laws; and giving billions to friends and supporters without congressional authorization.
Just the AP doing there part to set break people down to accept Communism and Global government.
Any vote taking more than a day or has computers involved in the count or votes are handled by mail or voting is not done in person or voters are not registered and identified is subject to massive fraud.
Ask them if they favor dictatorship.
The elderly Candidate Biden w/ a poor memory shows his age and limitations,
shuffles across the WH lawn and has to be guided so he wont get lost.
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1778063966045954158
They’re acting here as if “undemocratic leader” is a synonym for “dictator” when it’s a bit more complicated than that.
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