The June 2021 survey asked both our public and expert samples about their support for a range of practices that have come to be known as “ constitutional hardball.” The term describes strategies by which political actors seek to extend their political power and gain advantage by actions that are within the formal bounds of constitutional doctrine but that break with longstanding political practices.
In the past six months, Democrats and Republicans have not budged in how they reward or punish prospective candidates for voting to certify the election and for Trump’s impeachment.
democracy, the threats it faces, and how their political representatives should address these matters. In June 2021, we surveyed a representative sample of Americans and an expert sample of political scientists on the performance of U.S. democracy half a year into the Biden presidencyĪs the country turns 245 years old, Americans have reasons to worry about the state of their democracy. Still miles apart: Americans and the state of U.S.