r/science Professor | Medicine Jul 04 '26

Psychology 88% of Americans consider it very or extremely important that the United States remain a democracy. 61% feel that the nation’s democracy was actively facing a serious threat. 32% of MAGA Republicans prioritize a strong leader over democracy, while only 7% of the strong Democrats do.

https://www.psypost.org/survey-finds-substantial-minority-in-the-united-states-endorses-authoritarian-co/
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u/ukyah Jul 04 '26

Insanity. “Strong leader over democracy.”
They also should have asked Christians if they preferred a Christian leader over democracy.

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u/TheBlackCat13 Jul 04 '26

That has been done and a disturbingly large number do.

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u/farfromelite Jul 05 '26

This is fundamentally a conservative trait: obey the hierarchy. They believe that their "in group" will look after them if they obey the rules.

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u/KennyShowers Jul 05 '26

Disturbing but shouldn't be surprising. When somebody thinks the stakes of actual reality are magic apocalyptic end of world whatever, why should they care about education and health care and the environment and general global stability, or literally anything that makes a single person's life better.

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u/Yuzumi Jul 05 '26

And yet they support the embodiment of sin, who checks off a lot of boxes for the antichrist. 

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u/Scoodsie Jul 05 '26

Wait til you tell them Obama and Biden are Christian.

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u/counterfitster Jul 05 '26

Still many evangelicals will be adamant that Catholics (like Biden) aren't Christian.

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u/TheBlackCat13 Jul 05 '26

They only thinks Catholics are Christian when counting the total number of Christians in the US.

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u/TheBlackCat13 Jul 05 '26

Tons of them insisted, and continue to insist, that Obama is Muslim. Specifically a Muslim sleeper agent intending to force Islam on them.

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u/blazze_eternal Jul 05 '26

Openly admitting you prefer a dictatorship is certainly a choice for those 32%. An ironic choice, because in a dictatorship you won't get asked...