Fewer Americans in new poll say democracy central to US identity

Fewer Americans are saying that democracy is central to U.S. identity ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, according to a new poll.

In The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 66 percent of respondents said that “a democratically elected government” is either “extremely important” or “very important” when it comes to “the United States’ identity as a nation.” 

Twenty percent said that a democratically elected government is “somewhat important” when it comes to their country’s identity, 13 percent said a democratically elected government is either “not important at all” or “not too important” in relation to U.S. identity and 1 percent refused to answer the question or skipped it.

Two years ago, 76........

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