"The Democracy Index has downgraded the U.S. from a full democracy to a flawed one, marking the first time the nation has fallen into the lower ranking. Other flawed democracies include Botswana, India, Japan and Ghana, while much of Western Europe stayed in the full democracy category." U.S. downgraded to flawed democracy for the first time. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2955236.1485361063!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/trump.jpg