democratic backsliding, n.Trivia

Bermeo ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠found open-ended coups and election-day fraud declining, while executive aggrandizement and strategic electoral manipulation were increasing.

V-Dem ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reported that by 2025 nearly a quarter of the world's countries were undergoing autocratization.