by jpitney | Jan 14, 2024 | Democracy, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion, Russia, Tocqueville, Ukraine
Tocqueville wrote: “Now, it is this clear perception of the future, based on judgment and experience, which must often be lacking in a democracy. The people feel more strongly than they reason; and if present ills are great, it is to be feared that they will...
by jpitney | Jan 8, 2024 | Democracy, Public Opinion
Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: A new low of 28% of U.S. adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in the country. The current figure is down from the prior low — 35% measured shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by rioters trying...
by jpitney | Mar 4, 2023 | Democracy, Mexico
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Populists who fashion themselves as tribunes of the people have never met institutional checks and balances they can happily abide. Seeing themselves and their parties as embodiments of the majority will, any constraint on their power is...
by jpitney | Jan 6, 2023 | Democracy
During the speakership debate today, Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado quoted John Adams: We may please ourselves with the prospect of free and popular Governments. But there is great Danger, that those Governments will not make us happy. God grant they may. But I fear,...
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2022 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy, Public Opinion, Public Service
From the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service: Just weeks after the fall’s midterm elections, voters feel strongly that the country’s democracy is being threatened. While a lack of respect and civility in politics continues to remain an issue for...