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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Almost half in new poll sees likelihood U.S. will ‘cease to be a democracy in the future’

Almost half of all Americans believe the United States might “cease to be a democracy in the future,” according to a new Yahoo News-YouGov poll. 

The poll of more than 1,500 adults released Wednesday found that 55% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans surveyed believe the country will “likely” not remain a democracy one day. Including independents and those who did not identify a political affiliation, 49% of all respondents expressed this belief.

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Hell, we're already there and the last presidential election proved that. You vote doesn't count for shit and our representatives consider themselves to be our leaders instead of somebody that represents the voice of the People in their districts. With arrogance like that, we're finished as a democracy and headed for a straight-up dictatorship.