Opinion Today
January 4, 2022
A year after Jan. 6, Americans say democracy is in peril but disagree on why
Susan Page & Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA Today
Americans by overwhelming margins see the nation's democracy as in peril, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but that chilling consensus is based on starkly conflicting assessments of the assault on the U.S. Capitol one year ago.
6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as 'The Big Lie' takes root
Joel Rose & Liz Baker, NPR News
One year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future of democracy. A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64% of Americans believe U.S. democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing."
Americans don’t agree on what to call Jan. 6 attack
Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour
A year since supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol, Americans are split over how to describe what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. A new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist finds that roughly half o…
