After only one month in office, Marjorie Taylor Greene inflamed tensions between Republicans and Democrats. Greene is a new Republican to the House of Representatives, elected in 2020 to represent …
Increasing “Voter Security” Increases Impediments to Voting in the United States
The 2020 Presidential Election represents a new era in the breakdown of American Democracy. Although Joe Biden won the presidency, in many states he won by a rather slim margin contrary to what many …
Social Media as a Threat to Democracy
Thomas B. Edsall examines the extent to which social media platforms have contributed to democratic backsliding in the United States in his article, "Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us". …
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Democratic Erosion in the United States: A War Between Two Parties in the 2018 Governor’s Race for Georgia
Around the world, we are seeing a new trend of democratic erosion spring up, especially in the United States. In the 2018 Georgia race for Governor, we saw two versions of Georgia pitted against each …
Trump (Kind of) Concedes: Now What?
Cries of “fraud” and “stop the count” have echoed throughout the country ever since Joe Biden took the lead over President Donald Trump in both the popular and electoral counts. Fervent Trump …
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William Barr’s Role in Eroding U.S. Democracy.
When William Barr was first touted as the likely replacement for previous United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, many onlookers breathed a sigh of relief. Almost two years later, it is apparent …
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How the Trump Base Represents the Danger that Populism Continues To Pose to American Democracy
On November 7th, 4 days after Election Day, Joe Biden was projected to have defeated President Donald Trump and declared to be the 46th President of the United States by all major news sources, …
In This Election, It’s Not Democrat or Republican on the Ballot– It’s Democracy
After a summer marked by a global health crisis, social upheaval, and a devastating economic downturn, the stakes of an American presidential election have never been higher. And with early voting …