Majority of Americans <br />Think Democracy Is in Crisis, New Poll Finds.<br />According to an NPR News / IPSOS poll released on Jan. 3.<br />more than six in ten Americans believe that American democracy is "in crisis and at risk <br />of failing.".<br />The poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Republican respondents believe that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election.".<br />The claim of voter fraud has been proven <br />to be false on a number of occasions since the 2020 election.<br />There is really a sort of dual reality through which partisans are approaching not only what happened a year ago on Jan. 6, , Mallory Newall, Ipsos VP, NPR News.<br />but also generally with our presidential election and <br />our democracy, Mallory Newall, Ipsos VP, NPR News.<br />Less than half of the Republicans who were polled expressed willingness to accept the results of the election. .<br />It is Republicans that are driving this belief that there was major fraudulent voting and it changed the results in the election, Mallory Newall, Ipsos VP, NPR News.<br />70 percent of all of those polled think that the United States is at risk of failing.<br />Republicans and Democrats are divided over how to even describe the events of Jan. 6.<br />with Republicans accusing Democrats of wanting too many changes to the nation too quickly.<br />They want to change it to something else. We don't want <br />it changed, Stephen Weber, Republican From Woonsocket, RI, NPR News.<br />Democrats accuse Republicans of jumping "on board" with former President Donald Trump's false claims the election was stolen.<br />When Trump first came out with his 'big lie,' it just never occurred to me that so many Republicans would jump on board, Susan Leonard, Democrat From Lyme, NH, <br />NPR News.<br />It's like a group mental illness has hit these people. I cannot believe this is happening in our country. I'm scared, I really am, Susan Leonard, Democrat From Lyme, NH, <br />NPR News
