{"id":503065,"date":"2022-10-22T18:58:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democracy-in-peril-argument-fizzles-as-midterm-issue\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:58:36","slug":"democracy-in-peril-argument-fizzles-as-midterm-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democracy-in-peril-argument-fizzles-as-midterm-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d27109b408\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d27109b408\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democracy-in-peril-argument-fizzles-as-midterm-issue\/#Democracy_in_peril_argument_fizzles_as_midterm_issue\" >Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democracy_in_peril_argument_fizzles_as_midterm_issue\"><\/span>Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/jan6_select_committee_072122gn17_w-1.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee\u2019s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While the committee examining the 2021 Capitol attack has made a convincing case that the American experiment is a fragile one \u2014 and is sounding dire warnings that the foundational threat remains very much alive \u2014 the message is being overshadowed by more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te economic anxieties, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of recent national polls.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The trend threatens to undermine Democratic efforts to make former President Trump \u2014 and his ongoing bid to overturn the 2020 election results \u2014\u00a0a political liability for Republican candidates in races coast to coast. And that, in turn, spells bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for Democrats fighting to retain razor-thin majorities in both the House and Senate, helping to keep President Biden\u2019s approval rating underwater while lending an eleventh-hour boost to Republicans eyeing a return to power.<\/p>\n<p>The late-cycle dynamics have exasperated Democratic leaders and investigators on the Jan. 6 committee, who are warning of an existential threat to democracy if the same Republicans who voted to keep Trump in power take the reins of Congress. Still, the uphill battle hasn\u2019t stopped those Trump critics from amplifying their case in the home stretch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to recognize that they are undermining our democracy,\u201d Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this week in an interview with MSNBC\u2019s Andrea Mitchell. \u201cAnd if people think that they can be casual about that, they just don\u2019t realize how serious the Republicans are about undermining our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent polls indicate that Democrats have a steep climb in the final weeks if they\u2019re hoping to make that issue a major factor shaping midterm outcomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HHP_Oct2022_KeyResults.pdf\">conducting\u00a0a Harv<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HHP_Oct2022_KeyResults.pdf\">ard-CAPS-Harris poll<\/a>\u00a0asked voters this month to identify the most important issues facing the country. Inflation ranked first; the Capitol attack ranked 19th.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_101922\/\">Another recent poll<\/a>, conducted by Monmouth University, indicated that only 26 percent of respondents say the findings unearthed by the Jan. 6 committee have helped to strengthen American democracy, while an even greater number \u2014 35 percent \u2014 say democracy is weaker as a result of the investigation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/10\/18\/upshot\/times-siena-poll-toplines.html\">Still another survey<\/a>, conducted this month by The New York Times and Siena College, found that only 7 percent of voters consider the \u201cstate of democracy\u201d the most pressing issue facing the country, versus 45 percent who singled out the economy (including jobs) and inflation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That same survey also found that almost 40 percent of respondents are open to supporting candidates who voted to overturn the 2020 election results \u2014 a number that has left Trump\u2019s critics dumbfounded. Asked about the figure, Pelosi was at a loss for words.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t explain it,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a tragedy for our country that people don\u2019t value the vision that our founders had about a democracy, what our men and women in uniform fight for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Presented with the same poll results, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) was equally discouraged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really tough environment,\u201d she told MSNBC on Tuesday. \u201cThe problem is, we are talking about fascism at our door. And what people unfortunately across this country, and what we are dealing with, is that people don\u2019t believe the truth, right? I mean, they are being sold lies all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of nine explosive public hearings, the select committee had presented damning evidence that Trump was aware he lost the 2020 presidential contest but continued to promote falsehoods of a \u201cstolen\u201d election. The campaign culminated in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob, encouraged by the president, attempted to block Congress from formalizing the results.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the months since then, Trump\u2019s GOP allies \u2014 including the House leaders poised to control the chamber if it flips next month \u2014 have rushed to Trump\u2019s defense, downplaying his role in the rampage and accusing Pelosi of a failure to secure the Capitol that day. It\u2019s an argument that\u2019s been widely condemned by those who see Trump as the clear mastermind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s like blaming somebody who had a home invasion because they didn\u2019t lock the front door,\u201d Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of two Republicans on the select committee, told CNN this month. \u201cIt\u2019s insane. And it\u2019s a deflection. And the only people that don\u2019t see right through that are those that choose not to see right through that because they don\u2019t want to look at January 6 and see the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 committee has been the most prominent vehicle for spreading the threat-to-democracy message this year, but it\u2019s not the only one. After the long summer recess, House Democrats returned to Washington in September for a three-week session \u2014 the last before the midterms \u2014 where party leaders orchestrated a concerted effort to tie all Republicans to Trump\u2019s election lies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme MAGA Republicans apparently do not believe in democracy anymore,\u201d Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters just before the midterm break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the warnings haven\u2019t resonated with voters to the extent Democrats had hoped, there are also some subtle indications that the messaging campaign has helped to shine some light on an arcane issue that might otherwise have been a stark nonfactor as voters head to the polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 7 percent of voters most concerned about democracy, as revealed by the New York Times-Siena College poll, appears to be a low number, but it ranks third among all issues \u2014 above crime, immigration, abortion, health care, China, COVID-19 and climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only the economy and inflation ranked higher. But those appear to be the issues truly driving voters this fall.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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