It's Not Just Trump: Americans of Both Parties Support Liberal Democratic Norm Violations More Under Their Own President.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing worry about the health of American democracy, and political scientists and pundits alike are looking for possible explanations. Surveys conducted during the Trump presidency showed considerable citizen support for liberal democratic norm erosions, especially among Republicans. However, recent experimental research also shows that voters of both parties are more tolerant of norm erosion committed by politicians of the party they prefer. In this note, we aim to reconcile these contradictory findings by analyzing surveys spanning from 2006 to 2021 on the public's tolerance of executive concentration of power. We also collect original data under both the Trump and Biden administrations gauging support for a broad array of liberal democratic norm erosions. Support for such er

SUBMITTER: Littvay L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664217 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature