What’s up with democracy in America? Sometimes it seems that American politics grows more polarized and uncivil every month. Has American political culture taken an anti-democratic turn? …
How do you measure democracy? Every two years, the AmericasBarometer project monitors whether citizens in North and South America believe their political systems are fundamentally legitimate — an attitude political scientists call “system support” — and their levels of political tolerance. CONT.
Amy Erica Smith (Iowa State), The Monkey Cage