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One Year Later, Democracy Did Not Win
On the first anniversary of the US Capitol riot, American Democracy is on life support.
If you had to guess what percent of countries think American democracy is a good model, what would you say? Pew Research did just that and found that 17% of countries say democracy in the U.S. is a good example for others to follow. You read that correctly, 17% of countries believe that they should follow the lead of the most powerful country in the world. How did America get here? To put it simply, the United States has not listened to its own advice for a long time. From electing Donald Trump to a flawed voting system to botching its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, America is no longer the role model it once was for the world.
The 2020 federal election drew the United States’ highest voter turnout in more than a century. 158.4 million ballots, six-in-ten people of voting age, were cast in the election. Instead of state lawmakers celebrating this major accomplishment in spite of a global pandemic, they enacted legislation to make it harder for Americans to vote. The justification being that there were election irregularities and breaches of election security. 19 states, including Texas and Georgia, enacted laws making it harder for Americans to vote. Despite the fact that no voting officials in any state…
