More than 60% of Americans believe US democracy in crisis: poll

NEW YORK - One year after the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, over 60 percent of Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future of democracy, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll published on Monday.

The poll found that 64 percent of Americans believe US democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing."

That sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans: two-thirds of GOP respondents agree with the verifiably false claim that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election," a key pillar of the "Big Lie" that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

Nearly two-thirds of the poll respondents agree that US democracy is "more at risk" now than it was a year ago. Among Republicans, that number climbs to 4 in 5. Overall, 70 percent of the poll respondents agree that the country is in crisis and at risk of failing.