A recent survey reveals that most people in six out of nine Asian countries now doubt whether the U.S. is still a shining example of democracy. While India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh still hold onto some positive views, countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia have grown skeptical, with Singapore and Malaysia showing the most disapproval. The shift in opinion is striking, as traditional U.S. allies and former colonies are increasingly questioning America’s democratic values, reflecting a broader decline in the U.S.’s image as a global democracy leader.

Many people in Asian nations think that while American democracy was once a model for other democracies to imitate, it is no longer.

Many think it has never been a good model.

All told, according to Statista’s Katharina Buchholz, this indicates that most Asian countries, six out of nine polled by the Pew Research Center, no longer view the United States as a model of democracy.

Three South Asian nations—India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh—are the exception. This is an intriguing finding, considering that the largest of them has lately tried to strike a balance by endorsing itself as an ally of both the United States and Eastern powers like China and Russia.

The fact that a large number of people in the area disagreed with the question indicates that not everyone believes that American democracy is a model for the rest of the world.

The majority of individuals had shifted their opinions on American democracy in traditional U.S. allies Japan and South Korea, which ended up placing highly when both negative response alternatives were added together.

But in Singapore and Malaysia, where negative perceptions of American democracy were most pervasive, they trailed behind.

The majority of respondents in the former US colony of the Philippines gave poor responses as well, although opinions of US democracy were marginally better in Thailand.

Recently, GreatGameInternational reported that the US is forging two Asian trilateral partnerships with Japan, focusing on the Philippines in Southeast Asia and South Korea in Northeast Asia, aimed at bolstering regional containment efforts against China.