How Democratic Is American Democracy?
How Democratic Is American Democracy? July 5, 2021 4:45 PM ET Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email LISTEN · 15:11 15-Minute Listen Add to PLAYLIST Download Embed Transcript ASMA KHALID, HOST: Hey there. It's the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: I'm Mara Liasson, national political correspondent. RON ELVING, BYLINE: And I'm Ron Elving, editor and correspondent. KHALID: And we are taping this podcast ahead of the Fourth of July, when many of our listeners will be celebrating America's birthday and American democracy. But just how democratic, little D, is the United States? Mara, you had been doing a lot of reporting on whether the country is trending toward a system of minority rule, which I should say on its face, just that phrase - minority rule - does not sound particularly democratic. LIASSON: No, but our government was built in a way that would protect the rights of minority parties. The founders feared a tyranny...