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Tracking Democratic Decline in Real Time
The growing risk of authoritarianism in the United States requires objective assessment. The Peace and Justice Law Center's Threat to Democracy Index is designed to meet that need by answering three related questions: is U.S. democracy declining to the point of authoritarianism, if so, how close are we, and how fast is it happening?
The Threat Index Score is a composite index of nine measures of decline. The score rises as the threat to democracy grows. Read about our method here.
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