The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Rating.

 

Full democracies   9.01–10.00   8.01–9.00 Flawed democracies   7.01–8.00   6.01–7.00 Hybrid regimes   5.01–6.00   4.01–5.00 Authoritarian regimes   3.01–4.00   2.01–3.00   1.01–2.00   0.00–1.00 No data   

We should not want to be in the flawed category, but there is reason to have us there, which should concern us all.

Of course, the second something like that is said somebody is going to rush out and state "but we're a republic, not a democracy".