New polling from Fox News suggests that both parties see that threat in broader terms than just electoral politics.
A ripped American flag lies along a road during a protest in response to the Republican National Convention being held in Charlotte on Aug. 24, 2020. There has been an enormous amount of analysis in recent months centered on the issues that appear to be driving views of the 2024 presidential election. Much of it centers on the things around which presidential elections generally revolve: the economy, the president’s approval, health care.
What stands out in the polling, though, is the issue at the top, the one that the most respondents identified as extremely important to their 2024 presidential vote: the future of American democracy. There’s a partisan split here, too, with Biden supporters being more likely than independents or Republicans to say that it is extremely or very important to their vote. This makes sense, given the focus Biden has put on the issue, largely as a response to the aftermath of 2020.
The Fox News poll went a useful step further, too, asking people to explain how they actually viewed the perceived threat to democracy. Was it concern about free and fair elections? Or was it more broadly concern about Americans' rights and freedoms? Among those with a college degree, a group that leans toward Biden, views were about split. Among those without one, “rights and freedoms” had a wide advantage.The choices here are admittedly somewhat unsatisfying. But the responses nonetheless undercut the idea that Republican concerns about democracy are centered mostly on the false idea that elections have been tainted by fraud or negative influence.
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