But what is that threat, exactly?

American democracy is under threat.

Jan 25, 2022, 3:40 am pst.

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Democracy is most likely to break down through a series of incremental actions that cumulatively undermine the electoral process, resulting in a presidential election that produces an outcome.

Once in office, they stoked widespread discontent to undermine institutional constraints on their power, sideline the opposition, and weaken civil society.

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The presstitutes path to ruin how they undermine democracy.

Conversely, a lack of support conditions the willingness to participate in collective actions that undermine democracy where it exists.

America is undergoing a devastating erosion of trust that threatens the foundations of democracy.

Populism becomes a danger to democracy when it seeks to restrict the rights of political, racial, ethnic and other minorities, or simply seeks in general to erode freedom of thought, information, and expression, or the ability of people in society and the media to criticize the elected populist leader.

Voters and leaders can help shore up democratic values through strong participation and respect for democratic institutions and electoral results.

Individuals’ support for democracy is, in short, a necessary condition for engaging collectively in ways that contribute to democratization;

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