Three-quarters of U.S. adults say the future of democracy faces a serious threat, according to a survey.
The latest poll from NPR/PBS News/Marist, shows that when asked if they see a “serious threat” to the future of democracy in terms of issues dividing the nation, 76 percent of respondents said they do. Another 24 percent said the opposite.
Democrats, at 89 percent, and independents, at 80 percent, were more likely to agree a “serious threat” to democracy exists. Just more than half of Republicans — 57 percent — said the same, the survey shows.
Among supporters of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s2024 presidential campaign, 92 percent said democracy faces a serious threat, while 57 percent of President Trump’s 2024 supporters agreed.
There was a minor generational divide, with Generation Z — individuals born between 1997 and 2012 — slightly less likely to identify the threat, the poll found.
There was no statistically meaningful difference in the share of respondents who see democracy as a serious threat now, compared to the April survey, which showed 77 percent seeing a serious threat, according to the analysis.
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In January, 73 percent said there was a serious threat to the future of democracy — a marked drop from the previous time the survey asked the question in August 2023, when 87 percent held this view.
The NPR/PBS/Marist survey includes 1,381 national adults and was conducted June 23-25. The margin of error is 2.9 percentage points.
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