Are Americans losing faith in democracy?

December 18, 2015 Roberto Foa and Yascha Mounk, Polyarchy
A lot of Americans are viscerally angry at the political system. They hate Washington, they don’t trust politicians, and they are increasingly willing to vote for populist outsiders—like Donald Trump. But we usually assume that for all of their disgust with political reality, they remain as loyal to the ideal of democracy as previous generations…