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How to Use the Spectrum Tool
The Slider:
Move the slider to see how regimes transition between democracy and autocracy.
Manual Toggling:
Click on any individual characteristic (e.g., "Free and Fair Elections") to "break" or "fix" that specific component.
Foundations:
If a foundational category is broken, all higher-level democratic features will automatically be disabled.
Bookmarks:
Use the "Bookmark State" button to save your current configuration to your browser.
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DEMOCRATISATION ← → AUTOCRATISATION
Status:
Liberal Democracy
Index:
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AUTOCRATISATION
DEMOCRATISATION
Closed Autocracy
No multiparty elections for the executive
Absence of fundamental democratic components
Absence of freedom of association
Absence of free and fair elections
Electoral Autocracy
Multiparty elections for the executive exist
Insufficient freedom of expression
Insufficient freedom of association
Elections are not free/fair
Electoral Democracy
Multiparty elections are free and fair
Satisfactory degrees of suffrage
Satisfactory freedom of expression
Satisfactory freedom of association
Liberal Democracy
Requirements of Electoral Democracy met
Judicial constraints on executive
Legislative constraints on executive
Protection of civil liberties
Equality before the law
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