Why Americans’ support for democratic values may not protect democracy in practice

Hanson, Peter, Lussier, Danielle and Rawhouser-Mylet, Georgia (2021) Why Americans’ support for democratic values may not protect democracy in practice. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (12 May 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Former President Trump’s claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud, and the increasing number of states enacting voter restrictions have led to questions about the state of democracy in the US. In new research, Peter Hanson, Danielle Lussier, and Georgia Rawhouser-Mylet find that in general, support for democratic values in the US is robust. But they also determine that Americans who believe that the 2020 election outcome was fraudulent were much more likely to support restrictions on voting such as voter ID measures and eliminating vote by mail and early voting.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2021 12:00
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:08
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111405

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