One lesson progressives in both countries cannot afford to ignore is that recent election results do not amount to a mandate.
One lesson progressives in both countries cannot afford to ignore is that recent election results do not amount to a mandate. Neither the Democrats in the US nor President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Workers' Party in Brazil are offering a vision voters can get excited about. LONDON—PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silvadefeated the far right’s now-fugitive Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s recent presidential election. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s MAGA minions took a drubbing in the midterm elections. Both results are good news from two very big countries. Democrats everywhere can sleep a little better.