: Do not tolerate any meaningful political opposition, often banning rival parties entirely and ruling strictly through fear and centralized control. 🛡️ Common Tactics Used by Incumbents
To understand where these hybrid systems fall on the global spectrum, it helps to compare them to both functioning democracies and closed autocracies. Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes Af...
: State institutions, law enforcement, and tax authorities are weaponized against the opposition. : Do not tolerate any meaningful political opposition,
However, because they do allow some competition, they face inherent vulnerabilities: because they do allow some competition
: If fractured opposition parties unite behind a single candidate, they can sometimes overcome the rigged system.