It's no coincidence that most of the countries that at some point become more autocratic are presidential republics. Linz has argued that presidential republic

It's no coincidence that most of the countries that at some point become more autocratic are presidential republics. Linz has argued that presidential republics have the following issues: - dual democracy legitimacy (both president and legislature claim popular mandate) - rigidity (fixed term rather than parliamentary approval prevents adaptation to crises) - winner take all logic (total exclusion of opposition from power) - personalization of power (authority concentration) Further, the Carnegie Endowment in 2025 found that autocratic transitions occur at "striking speed" in presidential systems. [1] https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/old_files/documents/200_0.pdf https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/old_files/documen...