Majority of Americans say US democracy isn’t thriving, poll shows
Posted on AllSides February 8th, 2021
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Only 16 percent of Americans believe the country’s democracy is thriving, according to a poll conducted after the deadly Capitol riots on Jan. 6.
But the vast majority accept that a government by the people is a critically important principle of the United States, the poll said.
Fewer than 1 in 6 Americans surveyed by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research said democracy is working well or extremely well. Forty-five percent said they think democracy isn’t functioning properly, and 38 percent said it’s working only somewhat well.
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