About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

The November U.S. election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

Sixty-four percent of respondents in the Angus Reid Institute poll of 1,510 Canadians said they agreed with the statement: “U.S. democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump.” Twenty-eight percent disagreed.

The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters seeking to block certification of Biden’s 2020 election win shocked many Canadians, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly blamed Trump for inciting the mob.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Right, but if it’s a sham democracy, it’s not a democracy. That’s the thing about Russia - it’s not actually a democracy. The layer of “democracy” is just a layer of authoritarian control with a very thin coat of paint.

        • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yep, I think we agree on the danger - I think the quotation marks might be throwing people off. If we agree Russia is not a democracy and the US is risking becoming that, not sure why you’re getting downvoted.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The Supreme Court wouldn’t even need to be stacked. They have made it clear that the law means nothing. There will be some ruling that I dunno know someone didn’t say the magic words when the two term limit was put in place and hence it doesn’t apply.