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Three-quarters of the public say a democratically elected government is important to the country’s identity, but only 21% think democracy is the greatest system of government and 53% say democracy in the U.S. is working poorly.

Seventy-nine percent of Republicans and 54% of Democrats favor hiring more border patrol agents. There is much less support for building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

About half of Republicans would be excited if Trump is reelected in November and 4 in 10 Democrats would be excited with another Biden administration. Democrats are more likely to be fearful or angry about the prospect of a Trump reelection than Republicans are about a Biden reelection.

Republicans are about twice as likely as Democrats to say the country should be less involved in global issues.