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🌎 Globally, democracy has regressed to the level it was at in 1978, during the Cold War. Just 7% of the world's population lives in liberal democracies. The US has been downgraded from a liberal democracy to an electoral democracy.

These are some of the findings of the annual V-DEM Democracy Report

https://theconversation.com/new-study-shows-global-democracy-hasnt-been-this-bad-since-1978-australia-should-be-worried-276066

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New study shows global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried

A new report assessing democratic values across more than 200 countries has found 6 billion people live in autocracies. Here’s where Australia sits.

The Conversation
Mar 17 at 8:13amWeb
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📎 Download the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 here:

https://www.v-dem.net/publications/democracy-reports/

Democracy Reports – V-Dem