Democracy in America: Poll shows voters are worried
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🗓️ 4 July 2023
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USA TODAY National Political Correspondent Phillip Bailey looks at the state of democracy in America.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and happy Independence Day, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you |
| 0:07.5 | need to know Tuesday, the 4th of July, 2023. |
| 0:12.3 | Today, we check in with the state of democracy in America, plus fighting escalates between |
| 0:27.1 | Israelis and Palestinians, and pregozion speaks out after an attempted rebellion in Russia. |
| 0:40.3 | Happy 4th of July, heading into today's holiday, the reporting team at USA Today, wanted |
| 0:45.8 | to give our audience a kind of state of the nation report card. |
| 0:49.4 | We looked at issues around the economy, gun violence, and racism, and we asked, how are |
| 0:54.3 | we doing? |
| 0:55.4 | Our 4th and final story comes from USA Today National Political Correspondent Philip Bailey. |
| 1:01.1 | On the anniversary of our independence, we asked, what is the state of our democracy? |
| 1:07.0 | Philip, thanks for hopping on five things. |
| 1:08.8 | Hey, man, how are you? |
| 1:10.2 | Good, thanks, thanks for making the time. |
| 1:12.1 | So Philip, how do Americans feel about the state of democracy right now? |
| 1:16.4 | Well, I think like anyone who's about to have a birthday, sometimes people aren't in |
| 1:21.2 | a very celebratory mood, and as the U.S. has set to blow out 247 birthday candles, our |
| 1:28.4 | polling has found, then all about seven out of 10 Americans agree with the statement |
| 1:35.3 | that American democracy is, quote, imperiled. |
| 1:37.6 | Now, that's important, Taylor, because we use that word and that poll very specifically |
| 1:42.6 | to sort of show the alarm. |
| 1:43.8 | I mean, imperiled means irreparably harmed or damaged. |
| 1:47.4 | So the fallout from the January 6th insurrection, back in 2021, coupled with concerns about |
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