What are the odds of US democracy surviving Trump?
By John Quiggin
Category: Society › Geopolitics
Tags: Democracy
I’m trying to think clearly about the resilience of US democratic institutions in a second Trump era. Looking at courts, elections, norms, and historical precedents, I weigh the real risks against the tendency toward alarmism in discussions about democratic backsliding.
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