Americans, braced for violence at the inauguration, see democracy damaged after Trump

Most Americans are braced for violence at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll finds, amid an overwhelming consensus that the nation’s democracy has been weakened since the last president was sworn in four years ago.

The survey finds an anxious and embattled electorate, the divisions from the November election still raw. Two-thirds say the country is headed in the wrong direction, a double-digit jump since last month. CONTINUED

Susan Page & Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA Today


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