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USA: Poll records Americans’ fear of the collapse of their Republic

At USA, a new poll revealed that the majority of Americans consider political instability to be the biggest threat to the country and that Democracy is in danger of “collapsing”. According to the findings, the deep division in United States, a year after the attack of fans of the former President Donald Trump in the Capitol.

According to his research PiUniversity of Quinnipiac, 76% of respondents believe that political instability poses the most serious threat to the country, while only 19% see the most serious threat in another country, rival of USA.

Democrat voters (83% vs. 66% of Republicans) and Americans in the 18-34 age group (80%) seem more anxious.

After all, 58% of respondents fear the risk of “collapse” of American democracy, while 37% on the contrary believe that it is strong enough, therefore capable of overcoming divisions in American society.

Joe Biden loses the unity bet

The Democrat Chairman Joe Biden, who promised on January 20, 2021 to “reconcile” the country after his term Donald Trump, seems to be losing that bet, with 53% of Americans estimating that the split will get worse in the coming years, compared to just 15% predicting an improvement.

“The fear of the internal enemy, rather than the external threat, underscores the Americans’ bitter realization that democracy is in danger and that political divisions are deepening,” he said. Tim Malloy, his political analyst PiUniversity of Quinnipiac.

The university survey of a sample of 1,313 American adults, conducted from January 7th to January 10th (has a margin of statistical error of ± 2.7 percentage points), confirms the findings of other recent research.

Two-thirds of Americans thought in early January that his followers were being attacked Donald Trump against its headquarters Congress, January 6, 2021, was “an indication of escalating political violence” and that American democracy was still “threatened” a year later, according to another poll by CBS News.

The severity of this historic attack on the Temple of the American Republic is nevertheless downgraded by 44% of respondents to the Quinipiac, for which “too much weight” is given to the issue and it is time to “overcome”. Their percentage was 38% in August 2021.

The poll also confirms its very low popularity Joe Biden, for which only 33% express a positive opinion, from 36% in November. The majority of voters disapprove of what he has done – in the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic, in the field of economics, in foreign policy…

For 49% of respondents, the policy of his government divides the country; 42% on the contrary believe that it unites it.

Its members Congress they also get poor control, with 62% expressing a negative view of Republicans, as does 59% of Democrats.

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