Youth in the USA Are Pessimistic for Democracy

The January 6 Congress raid, according to experts, is the polarization in the society, which is stated to be caused by the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump.

The president has changed in America, but the effects of the old period still seem to be showing.

Surveys also reveal this.

The answers to the questions asked of young people in the Harvard Youth Survey do not paint a very positive picture about the future of the country.

According to this, more than half of the youth think that democracy in the country is under threat.

52 percent of young people think that democracy is either problematic or has failed.

Only 7 percent of young people describe American democracy as healthy.

Young people are also pessimistic about America’s future.

35 percent think they will see a second civil war in their life and at least one state will leave the union.

Young people’s confidence in President Joe Biden is also dwindling.

According to the poll, support for Biden is 75 percent among young people who describe themselves as Democrats.

This represents a 10-point reduction from the previous survey. There is a 13-point drop in support for Biden among Republican youth, only 9 percent.

Independent youth support for Biden is 39 percent, a 14-point drop from the previous survey.

Another striking result of the survey is that young people want the climate change problem to be addressed, the economy to be strengthened, and the health system to be developed.

President Biden aims to achieve this with the nearly $2 trillion social infrastructure package he is trying to pass through Congress.

In the package, 550 billion dollars is allocated for the steps to be taken within the framework of combating climate change.

The Biden administration constantly emphasizes that the package will reduce inflation and will be factors in favor of the Americans in the health system. However, the news is not very good in this regard. The package is still stuck in the Senate. Moreover, it seems that the public’s interest in the package is decreasing day by day.

While support for the package was almost always above 50 percent in previous surveys, this time it was below.

According to the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, more than half of voters, 53 percent, oppose the package on the grounds that it will have a negative impact on inflation.

Maybe that’s why President Biden talks about how the package will change the lives of Americans whenever he gets the chance.

Although Biden’s social infrastructure package has passed the House of Representatives, it is still awaiting a vote in the Senate. 50 Democrats In the Senate, which has 50 Republican members, the package still could not come to the agenda of the Senate, as the Democrats could not reach a full consensus among themselves.

Biden, on the other hand, gives a message of determination by stating that the package will pass the Senate no matter how long it takes.

After the $1 trillion infrastructure package that went into effect last month, Biden also wants to implement the social infrastructure package, to reverse the negative numbers seen in the polls for himself and the Democratic Party, especially as the year of the Congress elections approaches.

The course of this inflation seems to be closely related to the developments in fuel prices, as well as unemployment figures, briefly economic data.

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