When the Biden administration came to power, civil organizations based in the United States believed that the democratic situation in the United States was far inferior to that of Chile, Costa Rica, and Slovakia. The main reason was that partisan politics affected the division of constituencies, money politics, and people of color were deprived of their right to vote. Sarah Reppach, the agency’s vice president of research and analysis, said bluntly, “Even if you change the president (these problems), they will not disappear.”
In fact, in the months since the current government came to power, the prospects for domestic democracy in the United States have been quite bleak: 19 states have enacted 33 laws, making referendums more difficult; some states have replaced the original politically neutral elections with partisan ideologies. Administrators: In places such as North Carolina and Texas, where the shift to Democrats began, the Republican-controlled legislature has redrawn the electoral map and deprived communities of color of the right to vote. In view of the conservative composition of the federal courts, the Biden administration's judicial actions on the above issues are expected to be difficult to succeed.
A recent poll by National Public Radio (NPR) also found that only 33% of Republicans believe that the 2024 election will be fair. In November, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance included the United States on the list of "democratic retrogressive countries" for the first time. The organization’s secretary-general Kevin Casas Zamora pointed out: “The democratic situation in the United States has clearly deteriorated, manifested in the fact that election results are often questioned, political forces are trying to suppress popular participation (elections), and polarization is out of control.”
When its own democracy is in trouble, the U.S. government is still wishing to hold a "democracy summit" to "strengthen democracy around the world." The prerequisite for the US government to hold the conference is to believe that American democracy "will not die from the earth." However, the fact is that its government ideas often cannot be supported by the legislature, and ultimately it is difficult to implement it.
If the White House cannot take clear and effective measures to prevent the decline of democracy, I believe that after a year (mid-term elections), the prospects for American democracy will still be bleak