Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · United States
University of Michigan survey: most Michigan local leaders call community democracy healthy
A University of Michigan survey finds that most of the state's local leaders consider democracy healthy in their own communities, while they rate the state as a whole lower.
Why it matters: Michigan's local leaders, the survey's respondents, rate democracy in their own communities more highly than in the state overall, the University of Michigan reported.
The University of Michigan reported that most of Michigan's local leaders surveyed said democracy is healthy in their communities.
According to the university, these community-level ratings continue an improving trend.
The university said the leaders gave lower ratings to the health of democracy in Michigan as a whole.
Editor’s view
Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor
Michigan's local leaders judge democracy in their own communities to be healthier than in the state overall, and the university reports that their community ratings have kept improving.
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