researchers and analysts point to a multitude of reasons, including the countries' differing political systems, media landscapes, national histories and judicial responses. but one especially stands out. a harvard professor of government, coauthor of the book "how democracies die," who has studied the american and brazilian democracies says that leaders on brazil's right, quote, publicly, clearly, unambiguously accepted the results of the election and did exactly what politicians are supposed to do. he said, quote, that is o strikingly different from how republicans responded in the united states.s jair bolsonaro and trump both na stoked their supporters into a violent effort to seize power by force after losing an election. bolsonaro has since become totally irrelevant in politics in brazil, while trump is still at the head of the republican w party in the united states and is poised to become the party's nominee for president again. now, part of that is, yes, that