Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in US, an AP-NORC poll finds, with only about 1 in 10 adults giving high ratings to the way democracy is working in the country
Poll shows 53 percent say Congress is doing a bad job of upholding democratic values, compared with just 16 percent who say it's doing a good job. / Photo: AP Archive
The findings illustrate widespread political alienation as a polarised country limps out of the pandemic and into a recovery haunted by inflation and fears of a recession. "I don't think either of them is doing a good job just because of the state of the economy — inflation is killing us," said Michael Brown, a 45-year-old worker's compensation adjuster and father of two in Bristol, Connecticut.
Her Republican family members no longer identify with the party and are limiting their political engagement. Polarisation has transformed some states into single-party dominions, further alienating people like Mark Short, a Republican who lives in Dana Point, California.
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