The US has been downgraded to a "flawed democracy," but not just because of Trump
Source: Quartz
A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit confirms that democracy is in retreat in the US, but Trump isnt to blame.
The US has lost its status as a full democracy and is now what the research group calls a flawed democracy, thanks to an erosion of public trust in political institutions that pre-dates Trumps victory. In the EIUs ninth annual Democracy Index, the number of full democracies around the world fell to 19, from 20 the year before. Americas downgrade puts it at 21 in the rankings, below Japan and even with Italy.
The US has been teetering on the brink of becoming a flawed democracy for years, the report says. Regardless of the result of the 2016 presidential election, the US was due a downgrade. Trust has been declining in the US for decades, leaving the countrys institutions battling a legitimacy crisis and struggling to sustain representative democracy in its current form, the report says.
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Read more: https://qz.com/894362/america-has-been-downgraded-to-a-flawed-democracy-but-not-because-of-trump-economist-intelligence-unit-says/
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JudyM
(29,294 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)because we certainly aren't going to stay at flawed democracy for very long when Trump gets through with America.
I wonder if North Korea is worried that we are catching up to them?
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)randome
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highplainsdem
(49,045 posts)weissmam
(905 posts)is this a surprise
LeftInTX
(25,608 posts)The 2016 report is available with registration at the Economist.
http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2016
We are far down the list from Malta. I mean really.
LeftInTX
(25,608 posts)I really don't know anything about Malta, except that on the soap, As the World Turns, someone had a lover from Malta. I kept wondering, "Why Malta? Is it the origin of red hot lovers?"
Hekate
(90,865 posts)They must be so proud of themselves.
Rex
(65,616 posts)paying attention. America is nowhere near the liberal democracy experts pretend it is. Never has been.