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Потому что в википедии написано:

Research shows that multiparty autocratic elections predict significantly better outcomes on health, education, gender equality, and basic freedoms relative to non-electoral autocracy

И заодно про т.н. гибриды, которых нет,

Levitsky and Way argue that states such as Serbia and Yugoslavia under Slobodan Milošević, Zimbabwe, and post-Soviet Russia, were never truly democratic and not developing toward democracy, but were rather tending toward authoritarian behavior, despite having elections (which were sometimes sharply contested). Thus, Levitsky and Way coined a new term to remove the positive connotation of democracy from these states and distinguish them from flawed or developing democracies: competitive authoritarianism.

Выходит, при конкурентном авторитаризме жить лучше, чем при неконкурентном. Хотя, если задуматься, зачем жить при авторитаризме, когда есть возможность уехать в демократическую страну? Видимо, личное предпочтение гражданина в отношении авторитаризма тут играет существенную роль. Народ таки заслуживает...