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Almost 6 In 10 Americans Fear U S Democracy Is In Danger Amid Msn

Leo Migdal
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almost 6 in 10 americans fear u s democracy is in danger amid msn

One year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future of democracy. A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64% of Americans believe U.S. democracy is “in crisis and at risk of failing.” That sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans: Two-thirds of GOP respondents agree with the verifiably false claim that “voter fraud helped Joe Biden win... While Democrats have grown more concerned than ever about weakening democracy at home, Republican worries have sharply declined.

In recent years, the combination of political polarization, contentious elections, and unchecked executive power in the United States have put American democracy at risk. Data from the 2025 Chicago Council Survey, fielded July 18–30, 2025, show weakening democracy is top of mind for most Americans, but Democrats and Independents are more likely to view it as a critical... Out of a broad range of potential threats to the United States, weakening democracy and government corruption stand out as the two most critical to American interests in the next decade. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think weakening democracy poses a critical threat to the United States, while an additional 25 percent think it is an important but not quite critical threat. Just one in 10 Americans do not view weakening democracy as an important threat at all (9%). window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data["datawrapper-height"][t]+"px";r.style.height=d}}});

The data suggest that partisans see democratic erosion very differently: far more Democrats (82%) and Independents (63%) than Republicans (49%) view the weakening of democracy as a critical threat to the United States in... There are some differences within the parties as well. For instance, Liberal Democrats are more likely than Moderate Democrats to think that this is a critical threat (88% vs. 74%, respectively).1Yet MAGA and non-MAGA Republicans view the threat of weakening democracy at similar levels (47% and 52%).2 In a politically polarized nation, both Republican and Democratic voters worry over the state of U.S. democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future; they just disagree over who poses the threat.

(Dec. 15) (AP Video/Serkan Gurbuz) FILE - The White House is seen reflected in a puddle, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Washington. In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect... A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 62% of adults say democracy in the U.S.

could be at risk depending on who wins. That view is held by 72% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans, but for different reasons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential... They just disagree over who poses the threat. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 62% of adults say democracy in the U.S.

could be at risk depending on who wins next fall. Majorities of Democrats (72%) and Republicans (55%) feel the same way, but for different reasons.

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