Canadian Politics Today

American democracy was not designed for mass communication and therefore it is exactly that which is challenging to bring it down.

last year the Economist's 'Intelligence Unit' punted the U.S. into its "Flawed Democracy" categorization... continuing this year as shown within the recent release of 2017 rankings; the U.S. is ranked in a tie for 21st position (Canada sits in a tie for the 6th ranked spot):

These are the best democracies in the world — and the US barely makes the list --- http://uk.businessinsider.com/economist-intelligence-unit-2017-democracy-index-best-countries-2018-1/#1-norway-98710-1