Fears Over Fate of Democracy Leave Many Voters Frustrated and Resigned

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Many Republicans are just as frustrated, convinced that the threat stems from liberal teachers, professors or media personalities who they fear are indoctrinating their children; undocumented immigrants given a path to citizenship; or Democrats widening access to voting so much that they are inviting fraud.
60% : Caleb Hummel, 25, an engineer in Waukesha, also sees a threat to democracy, though it is by no means top of mind: socialism.
46% : His opposition to abortion is driving his vote for Republicans, but "there's something to" this democracy-in-peril talk, he said.
41% : If Mr. Barnes had to choose the top two issues driving voters to the polls, he said later, he would pick inflation and abortion.
33% : As he spoke to supporters, he did make the case that Mr. Johnson was a threat -- "He personally attacked our democracy" -- but only after criticizing Mr. Johnson's support for a tax break for the wealthy, his efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act, his opposition to Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices, his embrace of Wisconsin's newly relevant 1849 abortion ban and much more.

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