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Fewer Americans in new poll say democracy central to US identity

The Hill · Jun 8, 2026, 9:02 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Fewer Americans are saying that democracy is central to U.S. identity ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, according to a new poll. In The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 66 percent of respondents said that “a democratically elected government” is either “extremely i

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