USA: Direct popular vote index
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| USA |
Direct popular vote index |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 0.000 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | index points |
| Data availability | 1960 - 2024 |
| Average | 0.000 |
| Min - Max | 0.000 - 0.000 |
| Source | Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 0 index points, unchanged from 0 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 0.096 index points, based on data from 171 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1960 to 2024 is 0 index points. The minimum value, 0 index points, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 0 index points was recorded in 1960.
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| Recent values | USA: Direct popular vote index |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 0.000 |
| 2018 | 0.000 |
| 2017 | 0.000 |
Definition: A measure of the extent to which direct democracy is used to make political decisions in the country.
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