I hope you understand that the final index scores come from an input of different factors that are considered crucial to a democracy. The Economist Intelligent

I hope you understand that the final index scores come from an input of different factors that are considered crucial to a democracy. The Economist Intelligent Unit does not randomly sit around and tag countries as authoritarian regimes not. They have a systematic method that brings about those scores. You can argue with the method but it would be wise not to dismiss the rankings because "some journos do it". That would be ad hominem fallacy.