So with over 400 votes in our poll from Monday, here is the "top ten":
| 1. Undermining of democratic institutions. (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. Conservative Supreme Court for a generation or more. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 175–168 |
| 3. Emboldening of racists and bigots. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 187–157, loses to Conservative Supreme Court for a generation or more. by 203–140 |
| 4. Persecution (legal and/or political) of Muslim-Americans. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 208–124, loses to Emboldening of racists and bigots. by 205–113 |
| 5. Systematic corruption of government. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 199–136, loses to Persecution (legal and/or political) of Muslim-Americans. by 167–163 |
| 6. Abridgment of freedom of the press. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 231–94, loses to Systematic corruption of government. by 183–144 |
| 7. Financial crisis results from mismanagement and/or erratic behavior. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 227–107, loses to Abridgment of freedom of the press. by 176–148 |
| 8. Tax and other giveaways to the rich and corporations. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 221–126, loses to Financial crisis results from mismanagement and/or erratic behavior. by 169–164 |
| 9. Abridgment of freedom of speech. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 241–83, loses to Tax and other giveaways to the rich and corporations. by 181–156 |
| 10. Persecution (legal and/or political) of Hispanics. loses to Undermining of democratic institutions. by 229–107, loses to Abridgment of freedom of speech. by 156–152 |
Most of these were probably on my "top ten" as well, and certainly #1 and #4 were in my top five (I think Hispanic citizens are at risk too, but Muslim-Americans are quite directly in the crosshairs of some of the more venal characters surrounding Trump). But I'm impressed by the optimism of my readers, since my #1 fear was annihilation of civilization in a nuclear holocaust--but that's just my sunny disposition at work, I guess. I am less worried about the Supreme Court: the super-legislature has a limited jurisdiction, and the damage it can do is usually short-lived, and remediable elsewhere.
Thoughts from readers? You're welcome to explain your own votes, note omissions from the survey, elaborate on your concerns etc.
