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More concerning is the 53% who think it’s all going swimmingly.
As one commenter succinctly put it: “Anyone who isn’t asleep can see America has fallen. We are living in clown world where everything evil is considered good and everything good is considered evil. Nice job, hippies. You created monsters who are sucking up to the enemy (Islam), allow millions of third world invaders in, who do nothing but suck off the welfare tit and rape and murder, and a bunch of lazy, “college-educated” idiots who want to do away with law and morals.”
POLL: 47% of Voters Believe the American Republic Has Fallen
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By: José Alberto Niño, Big League Politics, May 17, 2024
A recent Rasmussen poll found that 39% of likely United States voters believe that American leaders have done a good job of keeping the republic. However, 47% of voters believe the republic that the Founding Fathers established has already collapsed.
An additional 14% are unsure.
Many voters believe that the current American government has deviated from the country’s founding principles. Namely, the principle that governments get their authority “from the consent of the governed.” Just 26% of voters believe the federal government currently has the consent of the governed, whereas 57% believe it does not. An additional 17% are unsure.
ADVERTISEMENT63% of Republican voters, 43% of Democrat voters, and 65% of independent voters indicated that the federal government currently doesn’t have the consent of the governed.
44% of Democrat voters believe the government does have the consent of the government, but only 19% of Republican voters and independent voters agree.
50% of Democrats believe America’s leadership class has done a good job of keeping the republic, while only 34% of Republican voters and 32% of independent voters share the same view. 54% Republican voters and 56% of independent voters believe that the republic the Founders created has already died, in addition to 35% of Democrat voters.
Of the voters who believe that the republic has already collapsed, 62% indicated that the federal government currently does not have the consent of the governed.
58% of white voters, 44% of black voters, 63% of Hispanic voters and 58% of other non-white minorities believe the federal government currently does not have the consent of the governed. 41% of white voters, 35% of black voters, 34% of Hispanics voters and 32% of other non-white minorities believe the American ruling class has done a good job of keeping the republic.
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