When breaking it down further by party identification, 64 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of independents said candidates should commit to accepting the results. Only 46 percent agreed that candidates should commit in advance to accepting the results 35 percent were not sure and 19 percent said candidates should not commit in advance to accepting the results. When asked whether Trump’s challenges to the 2020 election went so far as to threaten American democracy, only 15 percent of Republicans agreed with that statement. After the constant flood of election fraud lies, their data should concern all of us but surprise none of us. In September, Yahoo News/YouGov published some survey results. Without it, the foundation of our democracy will fold like a house of cards. Therefore, democracy depends on losing candidates accepting their losses. Cooper and I agreed that at the heart of any democracy, and part of that definition, is the premise that our elections must reflect the will of the people. Cooper shared that you first must define democracy before you can diagnose it. I was recently having a conversation with fellow centrist and attorney William Cooper, who is also the author of “Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy.” We were discussing the degree of trouble our republic is in. When it comes to the state of our democracy, I have more questions than answers. Schmidt is a syndicated columnist and Editorial Board member with the St.
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