A democratic revolution is a political science term denoting a revolution in which a democracy is instituted, replacing a previous non-democratic government, or in which revolutionary change is brought about through democratic means.
Democratic revolution is not harsh and does not make negative judgements on other cultures or regime types, yet it incorporates a clear notion of reform.
[3] Moreover, revolution is a notion implying sudden discontinuity and movement to a new regime.
When transitions can be (mis)interpreted as a long process, it becomes difficult to recede landmarks of failure or success into the flux of political and economic events.
It is hard to know when a party is winning because there are no particular great victories or defeats that serve as milestones.