“Democracy and Dictatorship Revisited Dataset” which categorizes states as “democratic,” “democratic with no alternation” (regimes that have remained in power since national independence or formation), and “undemocratic.” The poll shows that Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines are democratic governments; Malaysia and Singapore fell into the “democratic with no alternation” category; and Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam are “undemocratic.”23