Domenico Montanaro

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Mara Eliason, senior national political correspondent.

Roughly two-thirds of the more than 1,400 respondents polled say the system of checks and balances in the country just isn't working.

That comes as President Trump has spent the better part of his first year in office trying to consolidate power.

An even higher 78% say they see a serious threat to democracy.

That includes 9 in 10 Democrats, 8 in 10 Independents, and even 61% of Republicans.

Of course, what they see as those threats in many cases is very different.

Other polling has found that Democrats and Independents are concerned about the backsliding of liberal democracy in the country, while many Republicans believe voting systems are not as strong as they should be.

That's an idea that President Trump has pushed to explain away his 2020 presidential election loss

despite evidence to the contrary.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.

Roughly two-thirds of the more than 1,400 respondents polled say the system of checks and balances in the country just isn't working.

That comes as President Trump has spent the better part of his first year in office trying to consolidate power.

An even higher 78% say they see a serious threat to democracy.

That includes 9 in 10 Democrats, 8 in 10 Independents, and even 61% of Republicans.

Of course, what they see as those threats in many cases is very different.

Other polling has found that Democrats and independents are concerned about the backsliding of liberal democracy in the country, while many Republicans believe voting systems are not as strong as they should be.

That's an idea that President Trump has pushed to explain away his 2020 presidential election loss, despite evidence to the contrary.

Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.

Fifty-seven percent of the more than 1,400 people that Marist surveyed say the State of the Union is not strong.