‘An instrument of chaos’: Trump leads polls as Iowa Republicans weigh future of US democracy
by Rachel Leingang, Sam Levine in Iowa City, and Davi from US news | The Guardian on (#6HW6V)
The false belief the 2020 election was stolen is part of some Trump voter's ideology, while others are turned off by his legal woes
As Iowa Republicans gather on Monday to choose their presidential candidate, a host of big questions surround the potential return of Donald Trump and the future of democracy in the US.
Ongoing court cases against Trump, the frontrunner, loom large. Threats against elections officials and judges in Trump-related cases raise the possibility of political violence in a tense election year. For some Republican voters, the belief that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump remains a core part of their ideology.
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