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tblue37

(67,037 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:34 PM Aug 25

41% of Americans think "having a strong leader who does not have to bother with legislature or elections"

is a good idea:
.

share of americans who think “having a strong leader who does not have to bother with legislature or elections” is a very/fairly good system: 41%

-earth4all/ipsos

ian bremmer (@ianbremmer.com) 2025-08-25T21:20:20.567Z
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41% of Americans think "having a strong leader who does not have to bother with legislature or elections" (Original Post) tblue37 Aug 25 OP
Unless the "strong leader" is a Democrat. Diamond_Dog Aug 25 #1
10 plus.............. Lovie777 Aug 25 #3
1000% true in tsf math chicoescuela Aug 25 #6
That was from 1 August 2024 ....explains the vote Bread and Circuses Aug 25 #2
I think it would be different today ms liberty Aug 25 #7
Wth kerouac2 Aug 25 #4
Democracy takes work and effort. Boomerproud Aug 25 #5
Putin has ushered in a paradise in Russia Johonny Aug 25 #8
A bit more detail. Just a bit. Igel Aug 25 #9

ms liberty

(10,618 posts)
7. I think it would be different today
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:31 PM
Aug 25

Living in our new reality has been rather jarring for everyone, his supporters most of all.

Johonny

(24,744 posts)
8. Putin has ushered in a paradise in Russia
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 09:39 PM
Aug 25

So maybe they can go there and leave America to Americans

Igel

(37,108 posts)
9. A bit more detail. Just a bit.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:01 PM
Aug 25


Higher income--which usually means higher education--and younger.

Having experts who decide whatever they think is best scores way higher--again, younger and wealthier skew less democratic.

How to reconcile those two results with the first, that a democratic system is best is a bit snarly. (Of course, the wealthier, better educated and younger folk would, of course, count themselves as most likely to be "experts" or at least "expert adjacent".)
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