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Democratic backsliding (n.) is the gradual weakening of democratic institutions, usually by elected leaders, rather than through a sudden coup.
V-Dem reported that by 2025 nearly a quarter of the world's countries were undergoing autocratization.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is the slow boil where the frog keeps voting for the cook.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is a constitution kept under glass, admired by tourists and consulted by no one.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is when the tanks stay in the garage because the lawyers got there first.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is the opposition still allowed to run, just uphill and into the wind.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is the referee changing the rules at halftime and calling it reform.
Bermeo found open-ended coups and election-day fraud declining, while executive aggrandizement and strategic electoral manipulation were increasing.
Democratic backsliding (n.) is a house remodeled one load-bearing wall at a time, each with a permit.