Public support for democracy is crucial to prevent backsliding. But existing survey questions focusing on “democracy” may not measure the concept well, as the term “democracy” varies in meaning and may prompt social desirability. polisky 1/3

Instead, we - a consortium of 22 experts on public opinion and democracy - propose a new approach. Rather than asking respondents about democracy, we ask them to evaluate the rights and institutions that constitute liberal democracy, based on the V-Dem operationalization. polisky [2/3]

Oh nice! I had idle thoughts about doing something similar to this! Glad someone else did it. I also think an interesting case would be to extend to non-political forms of democracy (e.g. economic democracy) to see to what extent people's support for democracy is contingent on use case