Saturday, January 12, 2019

Another poor score

That is the U.S. did not do well in the 2018 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index. The index is based on 60 indicators spanning five interrelated categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Each category gets a 0-10 score, with the final score being the average of those five.

Our score of 7.96 put is in 25th place. The leaders were Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Denmark. They were declared "full democracies.

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