New York Times: “Seventy-one percent of all voters believe that democracy is at risk, according to a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, but only 7 percent identified that as the most important problem facing the country. Americans face more immediate concerns: the worst inflation in 40 years, the loss of federal abortion rights after 50 years and a perception that crime is surging, if not in their communities then in cities nearby.”
“But another factor is dampening people’s motivation to save America’s representative system of government: Some have already lost faith in its ability to represent them.”
