President-elect Donald Trump ran a lot of his campaign promising retribution for his enemies

and asking absolute loyalty from his supporters.

Now, as he prepares for a second term in office, Laura Barone Lopez has a look at what that

might mean for the future of U.S. democracy.

William, according to the Associated Press,

55% of voters said they were very or somewhat concerned

that Trump would steer the U.S. toward becoming an authoritarian country,

one where a single leader or small group has unchecked power.

Still, more than one in ten of those voters supported him anyways.

To discuss this further, I'm joined by Jason Stanley,

Professor of Philosophy at Yale University,

an author of Erasing History,

how fascists rewrite the past to control the future.

Professor Stanley, thank you so much for joining.

Why did voters, on one hand,

acknowledge and express fear that the country could very well tip towards

authoritarianism under Trump, but then on the other hand, still vote for him?

The idea that democracy is a value upon which voters vote or place enormous priority on is false.

Voters prize a number of things over democracy, especially voters who have regularly lived in a country

where you can replace leaders and parties by elections. The idea that democracy should be

a value, well, that's something that schools

and universities teach. That's something we try to emphasize. But it doesn't mean that people

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