Vox's Sean Illing talks with CNN's Fareed Zakaria about the global trend in democratic decline, and whether we should worry about America. They discuss why the Republican Party has become an existential threat to our constitutional system, whether he thinks Democrats are capable of rising to the challenge, and what reasons we have for optimism.

Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox

Guest: Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria), Host of CNN's GPS, Washington Post columnist

References: 

• “Fareed Zakaria on the most important lesson of the Trump presidency” by Sean illing (Vox; Jan. 19, 2018)
• “The Rise of Illiberal Democracy” by Fareed Zakaria (Foreign Affairs; 1997)
• “The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next Election” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt (The Atlantic; July 9)
• Parties and Politics in America by Clinton Rossiter (Cornell; 1960)
• “The Institutionalization of the U.S. House of Representatives” by Nelson Polsby (American Political Science Review; 1968)

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• Producer: Erikk Geannikis
• Editor: Amy Drozdowska
• VP, Vox Audio: Liz Kelly Nelson

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