BOSTON, Massachusetts — It should not have come as such a surprise that voters in the United States were largely unmoved by the Democrats' warnings that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to American institutions. In a January 2024 Gallup poll, only 28 percent of Americans (a record low) said they were satisfied with "the way US democracy is working."
American democracy has long promised four things: shared prosperity, a voice for the citizenry, expertise-driven governance and effective public services. But US democracy — like democracy in other wealthy (and even middle-income) countries — has failed to fulfill these aspirations.
