You had me thinking about the difference between dictatorship and authoritarian as you are implying authoritarian is dictatorial. I went to Wikipedia and for what it’s worth the entry [1] claims “Authoritarianism and democracy are not fundamentally opposed to one another, as it is possible for democracies to possess authoritarian elements”

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

Thou I don’t think broadly speaking experts view the states as authoritarian, 3 presidents impeached and all that !