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Robert Lieberman, Kenneth Roberts, and David Bateman on Democratic Resilience and Political Polarization in the United States

Democracy Paradox

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Congress Is at Its Best When It Does Nothing

Congress is doing a relatively good job of impeding threats to democracy in the nited states, says Julian Zelizer. But because congress can do so little, it cannot produce major structural changes that might actually respond to pogarization," he adds. This lack of responsibility on congress's part can be sort of a major contributor to the decline of the democratic trust, writes Zelizer.

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