For Some Autocrats, Even Rigged Elections Can Be Too Much of a Threat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : And the benefits of an open election shrank, largely because of the geopolitical ripple effects from the re-election of President Trump, said Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution.
45% : The Trump administration does not appear to value the promotion of democracy abroad, and President Trump seems to have an affinity for authoritarian leaders like Mr. Putin.
41% : Such backsliding tends to be incremental and cumulative, which avoids triggering immediate public condemnation -- but also makes that condemnation less effective when it eventually does come.

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