Thomas Zimmer takes a look at the disturbing recent polls in the US about democracy and political violence. He makes a couple of important points. One is that when Republicans and Democrats respond to a general question about “democracy,” they start from very different understandings of democracy. The Democratic version is the one-person one-vote kind. The Republican version tends to be an only-our-ethnic-group-should vote type, also called a
Democracy worries in the US going into 2024
Democracy worries in the US going into 2024
Democracy worries in the US going into 2024
Thomas Zimmer takes a look at the disturbing recent polls in the US about democracy and political violence. He makes a couple of important points. One is that when Republicans and Democrats respond to a general question about “democracy,” they start from very different understandings of democracy. The Democratic version is the one-person one-vote kind. The Republican version tends to be an only-our-ethnic-group-should vote type, also called a