In similar discussions, most people would call the USA a democracy.
Which doesn't mean we should merrily skip down the road to dictatorship.
And we should be aware of threats to the constitution, be they clinton OR trump
Just to be sure, you know the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic, right?
A classical democracy is Athenian or in the American sense, ye olde New England Town Meeting where everyone has a vote (depending on qualifications, like being property owners, etc)
at some point it doesn't scale well, and you have to use representation with a written organizational structure (a constitution)
Note the Republic of Venice. Venice followed a mixed government model, combining monarchy in the doge, aristocracy in the senate, and a "democracy" of Rialto families in the major council. This is not exactly the American model of republic.
On the other hand, many offices in the Athenian democracy were filled by lottery .
Yet in casual conversation, representative democracies of various types are often refereed to as simply "democracies"
“Article “ starts off with Brazil which is Constitutional republic, instantly showing that the author has no idea what he’s talking about and is instead just trying to write a right-wing hit piece.