On the night of Election Day in the United States, we will start finding out the presidential election results. According to recent polling, 89 percent of Democratic voters believe that democracy will weaken if Trump is elected, while 86 percent of Republican voters believe that democracy will weaken if Harris is elected.

Further, 76 percent of voters are concerned that there will be violent attempts to overthrow the election results.

Obviously, forming beliefs is a necessary part of the voting process. However, a danger lurks when many members of both sides of the political spectrum convince themselves unequivocally that if their preferred candidate loses great harm will ensue in this country.

These days, our beliefs are reinforced by the echo chamber of social media, mainstream media, some of our leadership (political, religious,........

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