Is the US Democracy in Danger?

The Democratic Party is facing a moment of strong symbolism only a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which Democrats had set as a deadline to approve new laws to counter Republican voting restrictions in many states. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to call votes that will uphold ideological divides within the party and call into question the credibility of an under-fire President who has led a fair campaign for legislation demanded by modern civil rights leaders in the week that he celebrates his first anniversary in office.

A year after President Joe Biden’s inauguration — and one year after an insurgency that attempted to prevent the 2020 presidential election from being certified — a majority of Republican voters continue to believe that Biden was illegitimately elected to the White House. Many Republicans’ denial of the 2020 election’s legitimacy has driven widespread voter suppression initiatives at the state level, as well as a growing push to disrupt America’s electoral system. In a last-ditch effort, Biden is pressing for filibuster reform to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which are both voting rights initiatives. Without modifying the filibuster rules, both legislation will encounter stiff opposition in the Senate.

While efforts to preserve our Democracy are in action, a new poll was released just days after the anniversary of President Joe Biden’s first year in office and just days after the Capitol incident. It appears that a majority of Americans believe that the United States’ democracy is on the verge of extinction. The evaluation is based on a new poll According to Schoen Cooperman Research’s research: About 26% of Americans, believe that democracy in the United States is secured for future generations, only 23% of those polled indicated they weren’t sure, while 51% felt democracy was on the verge of extinction. While initiatives are being taken, this poll revealed Americans’ loss of faith in the US Democracy and their hope is tragically hanging by a thread.

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