Diverging views of democracy fuel support for authoritarian politicians, study shows. People who supported democracy in principle but adhered less strongly to liberal democratic norms, like minority rights protection and constraints on executive power, tolerated democratic violations more readily.

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The passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) 🗳️, which secured voting rights for black people in the South 🌍, led to a counter-mobilization by Southern Whites. The VRA led to a surge in white voter registrations in counties where black voters were competitive. ✊🏾

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Southern Whites that migrated after the Civil War played a pivotal role in spreading Confederate symbols and racial terror across the United States – Greater levels of KKK activities, black lynchings, and confederate memorials could be observed in areas where they went.

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🚨 A study published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (197-234) found that granting collective bargaining rights to police unions significantly increased civilian deaths by law enforcement.

⚖️ The research, covering 1959-1988, indicates these rights explain 14% of non-White civilian deaths by legal intervention during that period.

🛡️ The study also noted limited effects of these bargaining rights on officer safety.

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Gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened in rapid bursts during 1994 and 2014. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to sponsor bills supporting nearly every group. Sharpest divergence was in legislation supporting racial minorities, LGBTQ+, and women.

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🏛️ Congressional support for civil rights has grown more polarized, with sharp accelerations in party divides during the 1990s and 2010s, largely driven by increased bills from racial minority Democrats.

📊 Researchers analyzed 202,775 US House of Representatives bills from 1973-2022, using expert tags and a language model to identify genuine civil rights legislation.

📈 The gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened significantly in 1994 and 2014. Racial minority Democrats saw their share of civil rights legislation more than double, from 6.12% in 2007 to 13.70% in 2019.

⚖️ The sharpest divergence in legislative support was seen in bills favoring racial minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, and women, with Democrats sponsoring more legislation for nearly every group analyzed.

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