[Article] A poll asked voters if democracy is the ‘best system.’ Then came all the unexpected responses.
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sun-sentinel.com
The vast majority of Americans believe democracy, despite its problems, is the best system of government. But a nationwide poll from Florida Atlantic University shows that far fewer younger voters …
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First part was unexpected but second part was not. Other highlight from the article was that there was no major difference by gender with men in the survey polling higher than women about their support of democracy.
American-style "democracy" isn't working for the younger cohort, so why would they think it's best?
Because dictators are many orders of magnitude worse.
How are those the only two options?
Countries can either choose their own leaders, or they cannot. If they cannot, they are usually fucked. Sometimes severely fucked. And it is very hard to fix things.
This data needs to be compared year over year.
So young people always start skeptical and change their minds as they get older? Or is this an increase compared to past generations?
Yes, because of Russian and Chinese anti-democracy propaganda on the internet.