- Three of the seven pillars of democracy laid out in the Democracy Playbook 2025—protect elections, defend rule of law, and fight corruption—have been put under acute stress by the actions of the new Trump administration.
- While there have been resistance efforts from across sectors, such as civil society organizations, media, and state officials, there is a need and opportunity for more efforts to preserve and strengthen the cracking pillars of democracy.
Yes I will blame voters still.
Look, there is no excuse for anyone to not know whether or not they’re being lied to. They had ALL YEAR if not FOUR YEARS to know and work in ways to prevent a Republican take-over. And you know what? They failed themselves once again in catastrophic fashion.
You don’t really know how elections work, apparently.
Biden did keep one of his promises, to donors: “nothing will fundamentally change.” He delivered on that, and by the end of his term oligarchs and corporations held more power over our system of government than ever before.
Elections work by campaigning to win, and democrats failed spectacularly on that front. They are not owed votes, that isn’t democracy.
Hey yall, this guy wants you to check out until a never-arriving perfect political party exists.
Don’t check out. There is a clear difference between parties, in values and action. We are seeing how stark that difference is now.
Democrats didn’t fail, fail suggests they even tried. Trump, as president, is a direct indictment of the Biden presidency.