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"Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our
age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front line between
autocratic rule and democratic freedom. The United States continues to absorb
the meaning of the riot that took place on January 6 2021 in an attempt to
overthrow the result of the previous year’s election. Elsewhere, concerns have
been raised that the pandemic could have provided cover for governments to
postpone elections.
Elections are an essential part of democracy. They enable citizens to hold
their governments to account for their actions and bring peaceful transitions
in power. Unfortunately, elections often fall short of these ideals. They can
be marred by problems such as voter intimidation, low turnout, fake news and
the under-representation of women and minority candidates.
Our new research report provides a global assessment of the quality of national
elections around the world from 2012-21, based on nearly 500 elections across
170 countries. The US is the lowest ranked liberal democracy in the list. It
comes just 15th in the 29 states in the Americas, behind Costa Rica, Brazil,
Trinidad & Tobago and others, and 75th overall."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
