Many of us were raised with the idea that the United States has the world’s best democracy. But that view is not shared by organizations that actually rank the world’s democracies. In its Democracy ...

Over the past three years, the world's oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. The election infrastructure in the country performed well, with only scattered disruptions during ...

Pundits and scholars alike are concerned that democracy is eroding in the United States. These concerns are supported empirically. For example, according to V-DEM, the United States is close to losing ...