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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums41% of Americans think "having a strong leader who does not have to bother with legislature or elections"
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share of americans who think âhaving a strong leader who does not have to bother with legislature or electionsâ is a very/fairly good system: 41%
— 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
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Diamond_Dog
(38,564 posts)1. Unless the "strong leader" is a Democrat.
Lovie777
(20,423 posts)3. 10 plus..............
chicoescuela
(2,332 posts)6. 1000% true in tsf math
Bread and Circuses
(1,181 posts)2. That was from 1 August 2024 ....explains the vote
ms liberty
(10,618 posts)7. I think it would be different today
Living in our new reality has been rather jarring for everyone, his supporters most of all.
Willingly accepting fascism is where we're at.
Boomerproud
(8,965 posts)5. Democracy takes work and effort.
I won't say what I think of the 41%.
Johonny
(24,744 posts)8. Putin has ushered in a paradise in Russia
So maybe they can go there and leave America to Americans
Igel
(37,108 posts)9. A bit more detail. Just a bit.

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".)