Democracy Index U.S. Presidents

Democracy Index

The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2023 First Results Published in 2006 Scored on the issues below. Overall scores range from 10.0 to 0.00

Full Democracy 10.00 – 8.00

Flawed Democracy 7.99 – 6.00

Dictatorship 3:00 – 0.00

Hybrid Regime 5.99 – 4.00

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Democracy Index United States Presidents

Bush Jr.

Obama

Trump

Biden

2006 – 8.22

2010 – 8.18

2017 – 7.98

2021 – 7.85

2008 – 8.22 2011 – 8.11

2018 – 7.96

2022 – 7.85

2012 – 8.11

2019 – 7.96

2013 – 8.11

2020 – 7.92

2014 – 8.11

The United States Democracy Index has gone DOWN with each of the last three presidents. In 2016 the United States went from being a Full Democracy to being a Flawed Democracy.

2015 – 8.05

2016 – 7.98

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United States World Democracy Ranking 19 th Bush – 8.22 #19

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As Americans we like to think of our country as the leader of the Free World. But, to be a good example, we need to reverse our steady decline as a democracy.

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25 th Obama – 7.98

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29 th Trump – 7.92 30 th Biden – 7.85

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