Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But our research shows that a wide range of the American people, of all political stripes, seek leaders who are fundamentally anti-democratic.

It’s true that many who participated in the insurrection are facing consequences, including prison time. Many candidates for state office who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election lost their races. And the congressional committee investigating the insurrection voted to refer Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal charges.

But more than 100 members of Congress who objected to the results of a free and fair election won their reelection campaigns. And at least seven people who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6 have been elected to state legislatures and two have been elected to Congress.

As scholars interested in how committed citizens are to democracy, we wanted to measure whether regular Americans want someone who will abide by democratic traditions and practices or dispense with them.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/large-numbers-americans-want-strong-133349404.html

Unfortunately not many numbers are provided on the study.

[debm55]

1. Yo, that's so they can be abusive rough, anti-democratic followers. It suits their purpose.

[Renew Deal]

2. I blame this on the filibuster

Serious change is difficult with it in place.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. The question is

what do they want this strong, rough, anti-democratic leader to do?

[grumpyduck]

4. Yeah, and those are the first ones

who will whine and cry and yell when those anti-democratic leaders start to take away their rights.

I think it'd be hilarious if those leaders, afraid of uprisings due to rights being taken away, decide to take weapons away from the masses.

Karma would be so wonderful!

[Midnight Writer]

5. "of all political stripes"? Well, that sounds fair and balanced.

There is only one "political stripe" that is pushing voter suppression laws, promoting laws that would allow legislatures to overturn elections, that believe violence and "2nd Amendment solutions" are forms of political expression.

[Irish_Dem]

6. They want democracy for themselves. But fascism for everyone else.

[UTUSN]

7. K& Big R#5

[Johonny]

8. It's been generally argued the American Congress is set up to do nothing most of the time

And thus the country's own government easily lends itself to autocracy from the executive branch. The history of the 20th century was a slow hand over of power from the legislative branch to the executive branch. It's generally not a surprise more and more Americans seek to strengthen or increasingly fear the executive branch. However, this is mostly the fault of Congress and the constitution on how Congress is constructed.