ByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes Staff.
A majority of registered voters believe the state of U.S. democracy is "weak" and many support election reforms they think would lessen political division in the country, including opening party primaries to all voters and prohibiting partisan gerrymandering, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
More than half of voters (53%) classified U.S. democracy as “weak” and only 40% considered it to be "strong," according to a survey of 1,500 registered voters conducted between Jan. 9 and 11 by RealClear Opinion Research.
Of those voters, 87% said they are concerned about political division and 71% said they are in support of broad primary election reform which would require states to hold open primary elections in which all voters could participate, not just those with certain partisan affiliations or registrations.
