by Fiona Musaraj | Apr 21, 2026 | Suffolk University
Democratic stability not only relies on fair elections, but on the shared belief of their legitimacy. The controversy surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election demonstrates just how fragile that belief can be. Despite extensive evidence and reports...
by higgins.623@osu.edu | Sep 12, 2024 | Ohio State University
Donald Trump showed his autocratic desires in 2020 when he claimed that the election had been rigged against him before it had even been called. On the night of November 5th, 2020 President Trump delivered a speech about the status of his run for reelection. He...
by Maggie Doran | Jun 25, 2022 | University of Denver
A peaceful transfer of presidential power seems to be the normal, expected experience. For generations, we have watched as losing candidates respectfully attend the inauguration of their winning counterpart as the losers modestly accept that the outcome of a...
by Methusella Rwabose | Jun 25, 2022 | University of Denver
It’s been nearly three years since most Americans elected president Biden into office; however, his election left some Americans hopeless and unsure of American exceptionalism regarding democracy as many American once knew it. The hopelessness is not because...
by Jacob Duarte | May 4, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Strong democratic institutions were not created from the standpoint of governments being comprised of moral representatives focused on only the collective good. If our elected officials were always noble there would be no justification to implement a system of checks...
