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Trump “Patient Zero” as Democracy Indicators Hit 50-Year Low
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- IDEA reported U.S. democracy indicators reached their lowest level in 50 years.
- 57 percent of IDEA-studied countries experienced a decline in at least one democratic indicator from 2020 to 2025.
- IDEA secretary-general Kevin Casas-Zamora called President Donald Trump “patient zero” of the global democratic decline.
- He said Trump’s refusal to accept his 2020 loss and 2024 win spurred global election attacks.
