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Ian Anson

Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMBC

Management

Americans Think They Know a Lot about Politics – and It’s Bad for Democracy that They’re so Often Wrong in Their Confidence

Many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do. That overconfidence can thwart democratic politics.

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Americans Distrusted U.S. Democracy Long Before Trump’s Russia Problem

Russian meddling has shaken Americans' faith in democracy. But public discontent after a scandal is hardly new. Trust in government began to erode under Nixon, and it's mostly worsened since then.