Young people are the future of any society. They play an important role in shaping the future and a new poll shows that most young people in America today are particularly concerned about the future of democracy in the United States. This article by Juana summers is published by NPR. Here is an excerpt:

A majority of young Americans are worried about the state of democracy in the U.S., according to a new poll released this week by the Harvard University Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.

The poll found that 52% of young people in the U.S. believe that the country’s democracy is either “in trouble” or “a failed democracy.” Just 7% said that democracy in the United States is “healthy.”

There are significant partisan divides. While young Democrats are roughly evenly split on whether U.S. democracy is functioning or in trouble, 70% of young Republicans reported that the country was either a democracy in trouble, or a failed democracy.

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