{"id":2240127,"date":"2024-05-08T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-lose-another-argument-whos-better-for-democracy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:24:03","slug":"democrats-lose-another-argument-whos-better-for-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-lose-another-argument-whos-better-for-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats lose another debate on democratic superiority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-lose-another-argument-whos-better-for-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240127&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u2062 provided discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clyburn-confirms-his-endorsement-of-joe-biden-hinged-on-scotus-pick\/\" title=\"Clyburn Confirms His Endorsement of Joe Biden Hinged on SCOTUS Pick\">struggling campaign<\/a> and the diminishing Democratic talking points for the 2024 election. It highlights the growing significance of key issues\u2064 post\u200b the Capitol riots and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-yevgeny-prigozhins-death-affects-the-wagner-group-and-russias-war-effort\/\" title=\"Impact of Yevgeny Prigozhin's demise on Wagner group and Russia's war effort.\">potential \u2063return<\/a> of Donald \u2064Trump to the White House. The narrative delves \u200dinto the contrasting beliefs about democracy&#8217;s integrity amid\u200c these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-war-against-the-west-is-just-beginning\/\" title=\"Putin\u2019s War Against the West Is Just Beginning\">political shifts<\/a>. The summary outlines President Joe Biden&#8217;s\u200d campaign challenges,\u2063 the evolving\u2064 Democratic\u2063 agenda for the 2024 election, \u2064and the impact of \u200bkey issues post-Capitol riots. It also explores the looming \u200bpossibility of Donald \u2062Trump&#8217;s White House return \u200band the varying views on democracy&#8217;s strength in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doomed-two-gop-candidates-join-trump-in-demolishing-joe-in-general-election\/\" title=\"Biden's Fate Sealed: Two GOP Candidates Unite with Trump to Crush Joe in Election\">current \u200cpolitical landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s lackluster campaign is losing one of the few key Democratic talking points left in the 2024 election besides abortion.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an issue that has become dominant even in many House and Senate races since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jan. 6<\/a> Capitol riots. As former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> edges closer to winning back the White House, liberals have warned that \u201cdemocracy itself\u201d is on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats presumably believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-barasso-people-will-lose-enthusiasm-when-they-found-out-whats-in-1-9t-covid-relief-bill\/\" title=\"Sen. Barasso: People will lose enthusiasm when they found out what\u2019s in .9T COVID relief bill\">voters agree<\/a> with them that Trump is a threat to the Constitution and believe the media\u2019s breathless claims, to quote ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos, that \u201cbedrock tenets of our democracy are being tested in a way we haven\u2019t seen since the Civil War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, it turns out, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it appears that Trump and Republicans own the democracy argument.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u2018Preserve, Protect and Defend\u2019: How\u2019s Biden Doing?<\/p>\n<p>In terms of upholding his oath of office \u2013 to \u201cpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States&#8221; \u2013 many voters don\u2019t think President Joe Biden is doing better than his predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>More At Rasmussen Reports:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7VCY8E95U\">pic.twitter.com\/J7VCY8E95U<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1787850462756315288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/preserve_protect_and_defend_how_s_biden_doing\" title>Rasmussen Reports<\/a> posed that question to likely voters \u2014 35% Democrat, 33% Republican, and 32% independent \u2014 and found a sizable gap between those who believe Trump was a better protector of democracy than Biden has been.<\/p>\n<p>When asked, \u201cIn terms of preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution, has President Biden done a better job or a worse job than former President Trump?\u201d 40% said better and 47% worse. Only 10% said the \u201csame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, a majority of likely voters believe that Biden has done a poor job protecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Constitution<\/a>. Some 55% said he has done a fair to poor job, while 44% believe he has done a good to excellent job.<\/p>\n<p>While partisanship plays a giant role in the answers, more Republicans than Democrats have a \u201cvery favorable\u201d opinion of the Constitution, 70%-52%, said the pollster.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s underwhelming campaign is relinquishing a vital Democratic stance in the 2024 election, apart from abortion. This issue has gained prominence in numerous House and Senate races post the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Concurrently, former President Donald Trump is nearing a potential White House return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2240128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24055700384897-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24055700384897-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}