We hold fair elections for the purpose of not rioting. More specifically, the legitimately of republics (which is what the US is, not a "democracy" in the poli

We hold fair elections for the purpose of not rioting. More specifically, the legitimately of republics (which is what the US is, not a "democracy" in the political science sense) is part and parcel of their solving the succession problem, in monarchies, "The king is dead, long live the king" frequently didn't hold. Attacking the legitimacy of an election like this is one of the gravest attacks you can make on the nation. It should be thoroughly discouraged.