Study finds millennials are more disillusioned by democracy than in past century 

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According to a new study by the University of Cambridge, millennials around the world are currently less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century. The study — which combined data from 4,000 studies between 1973 and 2020 — includes nearly 5 million respondents from 160 countries. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Roberto Foa, the lead researcher on the study.

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