47 Watch monitors and analyzes executive actions, policy changes, and legislative developments that impact American democratic institutions under the 47th President of the United States. The mission is to provide clear, factual documentation and analysis of administrative actions that affect democratic norms and constitutional governance.
The current administration's Agenda 47+Project 2025-fueled playbook represent unprecedented threats to American democratic institutions. These initiatives aim to fundamentally reshape federal governance by expanding presidential powers through the unitary executive theory, weaponizing the Department of Justice against election officials, and dismantling civil service protections. The 900+ page Project 2025 blueprint specifically targets voting rights, seeks to criminalize aspects of the voting process, and would enable the proliferation of election disinformation. If implemented, these changes would severely weaken checks and balances, concentrate power in the executive branch, and potentially reverse decades of civil rights progress. The plans include mechanisms to remove career civil servants, restructure federal agencies, and reinterpret civil rights laws in ways that could fundamentally alter democratic governance.
47 Watch maintains a comprehensive repository of:
Democratic backsliding manifests through systematic changes to institutional frameworks, electoral processes, and executive authority. By documenting these changes in real-time, we aim to help citizens, researchers, and stakeholders understand and respond to threats to constitutional democracy.
This project strives to be an essential resource for those seeking to understand and preserve democratic institutions during this critical period in American history.