Are Republicans still committed to democracy?

For instance, one in seven (14 percent) Trump Republicans “strongly agreed” that a leader may sometimes have to break the rules to get things done compared to only one in 25 (4 percent) traditional Republicans who believe that strongly. And while about half (49 percent) of traditional Republicans agree that there should be no barriers to voting in the United States, only one in four (29 percent) Trump Republicans agree. Indeed, more than half (55 percent) of Trump Republicans “strongly disagreed” with that statement, compared to only a third (34 percent) of traditional Republicans. There are other indicators that Trump Republicans are less supportive of democracy than traditional Republicans, too. When asked about the members of Congress who voted against certification of Pennsylvania’s presidential election results, two in three (64 percent) Trump Republicans said they approved while only two in five (40 percent) traditional Republicans did. Trump Republicans are also more likely than traditional Republicans to embrace Christian nationalist beliefs and are less likely to acknowledge racism. But what really seems to distinguish Trump Republicans is their dismal view of the way American democracy is working. The average Republican score on the democracy-in-practice scale (1.8) was well below the average Democrat’s score (3.1). But the average score of 1.1 for Trump Republicans even falls below the traditional Republicans’ score of 2.4.
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