I have policy differences with the President Elect. I also worry about the nuclear codes and the Supreme Court and the risk of defaulting on our sovereign debt, but I can put that aside for 4 years and hope that my fears are overblown.

Overall though, my much larger concern is America's democracy. There has been a large amount of voter suppression this election cycle (I mostly blame the Supreme Court assault on the Voting Rights Act for this one). There has been an erosion in press access and freedoms, with threats of much more to come - including threats of making it easier to bring cases of libel against journalists. How can we have a robust democracy if journalists can't gather facts to inform voters, can't publish their findings without risking financial ruin, and if voters are prevented from voting?

And on a larger scale, there have been public threats to throw political opponents in jail, and to not honor the outcome of the election. How can opposition candidates emerge if they're threatened with prison - and if the prize of the Presidency is denied to them, even if they win?

There is a long history of nativism and xenophobia in this country, and so we've seen how that turns out (perhaps not on this scale, though). But I don't know if we've ever had such a direct assault on the democratic ideals of the American republic. Democracy is fragile, and I'm worried that America's democracy won't survive. I've been rereading up on the fall of the Roman Republic, and the parallels seem shocking to me.

Policy differences are one thing: we can agree to disagree on most policy issues, given how divided America is on the issues. But the core principles of democracy feel like they are under assault - and that's something that terrifies me.

Do you worry at all that American democracy is in danger? Please tell me that you don't, and that I'm totally overthinking this - because that's what I want to hear.