NEW: Very timely data from the @vdeminstitute on the Republican party's disturbing authoritarian turn. As the GOP's refusal to recognize the results of the election demonstrates, the problems run much deeper than just Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
NEW: Very timely data from the @vdeminstitute on the Republican party's disturbing authoritarian turn. As the GOP's refusal to recognize the results of the election demonstrates, the problems run much deeper than just Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
NEW: Very timely data from the @vdeminstitute on the Republican party's disturbing authoritarian turn. As the GOP's refusal to recognize the results of the election demonstrates, the problems run much deeper than just Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
NEW: Very timely data from the @vdeminstitute on the Republican party's disturbing authoritarian turn. As the GOP's refusal to recognize the results of the election demonstrates, the problems run much deeper than just Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
Yes. One of the advantages with this dataset is the ability to make accurate cross-country comparisons. So here we can see that the GOP is on a similar trajectory to Hungary's Fidesz. https://twitter.com/AlbertoCairo/status/1326908430309855241?s=20
One big caveat: The data currently only go through 2018. @AnnaLuehrmann, deputy director of the project, expects the GOP numbers to get worse in 2020 given, you know, everything https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
Analysis | GOP leaders’ embrace of Trump’s refusal to concede fits pattern of rising authoritaria...

Research by a team of international scholars shows the Republican Party’s shift away from democratic ideals predates Donald Trump but has accelerated precipitously since.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/
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