Study: Americans prize party loyalty over democratic principles

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 09:30 in Mathematics & Economics

It is conventional wisdom that Americans cherish democracy — but a new study by Yale political scientists reports that only a small fraction of U.S. voters are willing to sacrifice their partisan and policy interests to defend democratic principles. The study, published in the American Political Science Review, found that only 3.5% of U.S. voters would cast […]

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