Americans Appear More Amenable to Autocracy in 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : All the while, Trump is singing the praises of dictators and setting off alarms among scholars of autocracy.
53% : "Except for day one," Trump replied.
53% : CNN's polling finds about a one-third of them said they thought Trump respects the rule of law.
51% : It was a stunning declaration, one that Democrats thought might be the key disqualifying piece of evidence in their case for ensuring Trump never again be allowed near the White House.
50% : Among likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, the poll found, a full one-fifth -- 19% -- believe such a quest for vengeance makes it more likely that they would support Trump.
43% : More broadly, 50% said Trump's plans for "sweeping raids, giant camps and mass deportations" made him a more attractive candidate, and a solid 43% were more likely to vote for Trump based on his comments that "the radical left thugs that live like vermin" in the country needed to be rooted out.
43% : Trump understood that, for a slice of Americans, the changes -- some say progress -- the country has seen in achieving greater equity and prosperity have not benefited everyone equally.
43% : The same think tank also found a surge in support for resorting to political violence; in March 2021, pollsters found 15% of Americans agreed that violence was merited, a number that rose to 23% this year.
37% : But The Washington Post's Phil Bump notes that the survey found a 14-point delta between those who thought Trump would follow the rules and those who were willing to vote for him, even in holding his contempt of rules.
35% : No one can credibly say Trump didn't shake up Washington during his four years here.
34% : Hannity asked Trump in Davenport, Iowa, back on Dec. 5.
33% : The Fox News host wanted to bat down the ample reporting that Trump and his allies were already laying the groundwork for a return to power, replete with penance for his foes, punishment for his enemies, and penalties for those who stood in his way.
31% : For instance, Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to go after the Bidens, a very-Soviet move to weaponize the justice system against former foes as just desserts for Trump's current legal woes.
30% : Among Republicans, that number reaches 33%.Americans know Trump is a threat to the way things are typically done.
29% : Trump is simply delivering on his promises to dismantle the foundational pieces of American life.
29% : CNN's polling there found 67% of likely Republican primary voters there say that, even if Trump did try to steal the 2020 election, it doesn't matter.
28% : And 42% apparently experienced a similar surge of support when told that Trump has said immigrants who enter the United States illegally are "poisoning the blood.
28% : Maybe Trump got a devious advantage thanks to Russian interference.
26% : The intellectual architect of Vladimir Putin's world, Alexander Dugin, heralded the election of Trump as evidence that "the American people themselves have started the revolution against precisely the aspect of the US which we hated."
18% : The survey also found a full 14% were more inclined to back Trump based on his lies alleging fraud in the 2020 election justified his terminating parts of the Constitution.
17% : In fact, such comments may help Trump build a firewall against challengers like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy.

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