Bright Line Watch
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An initiative to monitor democratic practices in the U.S. and call attention to threats to American democracy.
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http://www.brightlinewatch.org 23-02-2017 21:32:06
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New Bright Line Watch report on “Courts, campaigns, and confidence in American democracy” with Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) , Gretchen Helmke, Sue Stokes, and Olivier Bergeron-Boutin - brightlinewatch.org/courts-campaig… 1/n
NEW: Bright Line Watch report featuring detailed public/expert survey data on Trump cases brightlinewatch.org/uncharted-terr…
-Few Rs think Trump broke law (unlike experts) but ↑ since docs charges
-Rs split on punishment for specific docs charges
-Experts still rate as benefit to democracy
NEW: Bright Line Watch on state of US democracy brightlinewatch.org/american-democ…
-R acceptance of Biden win/trust in natl. vote ↑ vs '21, but vote confidence still ↓ vs '20
-Pervasive candidate denialism
-Experts: Trump run profound democratic threat, prosecution major benefit
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Read the thread and the full report for this essential work from THE scholars studying the health and viability of US government. Mostly discouraging news, with a few bright elements of hope. Amazing work Bright Line Watch!