A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows that 64 percent of Canadians do not believe that the foundations of American democracy can withstand another term under former president Donald Trump.

Almost half of Canadians also agreed that the United States is “on the way to becoming an authoritarian state.” Slightly fewer — 62 percent — said America would be “much worse” if Trump won the presidential election in November, while less than 20 percent said the same of Biden.

Alarmingly, Canadians find it largely likely that there will be cheating and fraud in the 2024 election. 61 percent said there are not enough measures to prevent potential chicanery in 2024.

Nearly two-thirds said that a Biden presidency would provide more stability in the US-Canadian relationship, with 64 percent saying so.

More than half said that another term under Biden would be more beneficial to the Canadian economy than a Trump victory, although nearly a third of respondents said it wouldn’t matter either way.

Conservative Canadians, of course, responded differently than left-leaning Canadians on all of the questions, but not as strongly as you might think: Only 37 percent of Canadian conservatives said Trump would be better for Canada’s economy, for example.

The thing is, we may be tempted to dismiss these concerns since they come from another country. But it is precisely because they come from another country — the closest one to us, in fact — that we should be listening.

After us, they are the most affected by a potential Trump presidency. He had already affected their country the first time he was in office. And they are far less biased either for or against Trump politically than Americans are, so it’s not like it’s some anti-MAGA cult.

When nearly half of Canadians say that they believe cheating is equally as likely in both Democrat-led and Republican-led states, we should be listening. And when they say they don’t think our democracy will survive, they have every right to be scared, because that affects them too.

The study was done January 9-11 among 1,510 Canadian adults. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 points.

The takeaway here, or course is… Get out and vote.