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About 3 in 4 U.S. adults say the 2024 election will determine the fate of U.S. democracy

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Summary
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68% Informative

Most Democrats , Republicans and independents see the election as “very important’ or “extremely important” to democracy.

Democrats have a higher level of intensity about the issue, according to the poll.

Many Democrats continue to view Trump as a threat to democracy after he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, embraced the rioters who attacked the Capitol .

About half of adults 45 and older say the outcome of the election is extremely important for the future of democracy.

Another 2 in 10 believe democracy is already so broken that the outcome doesn’t matter.

About 4 in 10 adults under 45 say the stakes of democracy in the election are felt more by older adults.

VR Score

77

Informative language

79

Neutral language

69

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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