Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School polled 2,109 Americans between 18 and 29 years old and found a majority of respondents (52%) believe the United States’ democracy is "in trouble" if not already "failing."Only 7% of respondents view America as a "healthy democracy." Twenty-seven percent called the government "somewhat functioning."Democratic voters were evenly split on the topic.
Forty-four percent of them called the democracy healthy or somewhat functioning while 45% said it is troubled or failed.Republicans (70%) were far more likely to believe the U.S.
is a troubled or failed democracy. A slight majority of independent voters (51%) shared the same view."After turning out in record numbers in 2020, young Americans are.