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Democracy Index 2016
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Democracy Index 2016

Revenge of the “Deplorables”

EIU, 2017

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In 2016, the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency highlighted that political elites have a very different mind-set than many citizens – sharply so, as captured by the “deplorables” moniker that candidate Hillary Clinton used to describe half of Trump’s supporters. But the extent of disdain for the established order that both the British and American electorates expressed was not unique to those countries. The results reflect broader, international populist movements. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2016 examines how traditional views have shifted and what that means for the world’s political order. getAbstract recommends this study to anyone interested in the state of democracy around the world.

Take-Aways

  • The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index reveals that democracy scores in 2016 decreased for 72 countries, while only 38 showed improvement.
  • Norway, Iceland and Sweden top the rankings as “full democracies.” Syria and North Korea anchor the bottom of the list as the most “authoritarian regimes.”
  • The United States fell in the standings from a full to a “flawed democracy.”

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The Economist Intelligence Unit is an independent research and analysis organization.


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