A few months ago, @anthlittle & 's paper on democracy measurement and democratic backsliding caught a lot of attention: x.com/annemeng_/stat
Together with 9 colleagues from the V-Dem project, we engage with L&M’s argument and analysis in a new working paper. A
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Anne Meng
@annemeng_
NEW PAPER ALERT!! @anthlittle and I are excited to share our new working paper “Subjective and Objective Measurement of Democratic Backsliding.” 
Our hot take: Contrary to the current narrative, we DON’T find evidence that we are in a period of global democratic decline 1/