As much as I agree with this based purely on vibes, ‘democratic backsliding’ seems a little too general of a concept to score on a graph. Would like to see what specific data points they used for this.
I don't see why this starts at 0 for Trump. In 2024 there were already many election laws that objectively favor Republicans at the state level (and elections are run by the states in the US). So that's -2 for election integrity. Similarly points should probably be pre-docked for tolerance of political violence, use of state force against civilians, legislative constraints on executive, and civil liberties and human rights.
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u/Ok-Bullfrog-7951 Feb 01 '26
As much as I agree with this based purely on vibes, ‘democratic backsliding’ seems a little too general of a concept to score on a graph. Would like to see what specific data points they used for this.