Just out: the new V-dem Institute 2026 Democracy Report is clear: "The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history" V-dem uses a global dataset on democracy with over 32 million data points for 202 countries, from 1789 to 2025. #democracy #us #usa https://www.v-dem.net/documents/75/V-Dem_Institute_Democracy_Report_2026_lowres.pdf