Indeed, this was a key misconception my professors and I all shared: we thought there was a broad consensus in American society that democracy is a good thing.

Indeed, this was a key misconception my professors and I all shared: we thought there was a broad consensus in American society that democracy is a good thing. It turns out there are a lot of Americans, disproportionately gathered on one side of the ideological spectrum, who care less about democracy than they do about their team winning.