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"Now that Super Tuesday is over and the Democratic and Republican nominees are
all but officially chosen, as everyone expected, voters can turn the page to
the general election.
But they’re not excited about it, and they haven’t been for months.
A September 2023 Monmouth University poll showed no more than 40% of Americans
said they were “enthusiastic” for either Biden or Trump to run again. That same
month, the Pew Research Center found that 65% of Americans were exhausted with
the current state of American politics. In February 2024,
The New York Times
said Democrats in particular were burned out by the seemingly endless avalanche
of political crises.
It is not surprising that a rematch of the 2020 election is failing to inspire
excitement in the American people. Yet, as a political scientist who studies
citizen engagement and the public’s feelings toward the candidates, I find
these trends disturbing. It’s not just polarization that’s driving voters’
malaise – it’s something else, which carries a stark warning for the health of
American democracy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
