A sizable portion of poll respondents think democracy threats come from Democrats.
Three recent polls from NBC News, the New York Times and the Pew Research Center have all found that most Americans are concerned about "threats to democracy," but a sizable portion of respondents think the threats come from Democrats. "The polls are clear," Noah Rothman writes. "Democrats don't have a monopoly on the issue of 'democracy.'"
"Yes, there is asymmetry between the two parties," Rothman says — only one side "champions the nonsensical notion that American elections are hopelessly corrupt." But the temptation to belittle voters who won't recognize these distinctions "should be resisted, and not just because it is ugly and self-defeating. It represents a refusal to understand how the Democratic Party itself has muddied the waters." Read Noah Rothman's full analysis in your Tuesday MSNBC Daily.
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The fourth episode of MSNBC's newest original podcast series, "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra" is available now. In the latest episode, Rachel explores how a paid agent of Adolf Hitler's government leveraged sitting members of the United States Congress to launder millions of pieces of Nazi propaganda into the hands of the American people, in an effort to weaken democracy. Listen now.
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The Reconstruction era is a pivotal point in our nation's history and often misconstrued. What many hoped to be a time of promise and racial equality after the Civil war turned into a period marked by terror and violence against Black people and widespread efforts to undermine and stop Black progress. In her new book, "I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction," Professor Kidada E. Williams of Wayne State University reexamines this period and shares the stories of those who fought against oppression. Williams joins WITHpod to discuss her new book and the impact of racial trauma on future generations. |
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