Letters: Americans voted for Trump and ignored the endangerment of democracy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump and the propaganda machinery that elevated him to power have transformed his blatant narcissism and vindictiveness from vices into virtues.
58% : There is no question that Carter was a better citizen and probably a better human being than Trump.
48% : So, rather than trying to change his legacy as a president or comparing him to others such as Trump, let's just say Carter was a great human being. -- Dan Schuchardt, Glen Ellyn I agree that Jimmy Carter did laudable things, but as a Vietnam veteran, I cannot come to grips with the fact that he pardoned the draft dodgers. -- Jim Weber, Naperville On Christmas Day, the Tribune offered all readers the unintended gift of holiday peace and love by keeping Donald Trump and his tirades out of the newspaper.
36% : If they understood what was at stake in this past election, Trump never would have won.
33% : A Trump voter CNN interviewed after he cast his ballot said that Trump was his choice because he promised to bring down inflationary prices.
30% : I cannot imagine Trump explaining the significance of that sacred document.
20% : In his New Year's Day column, Steve Chapman warns us to be neither complacent nor despairing over voters' decision to hand control of the White House back to Donald Trump.
15% : Biden's veto of the bill was akin to a 10-year-old taking his ball and going home after being thrown out at second base. -- Terry Takash, Western Springs I noticed that a few letter writers contrasted Jimmy Carter with Donald Trump (Jan. 2).
11% : But who or what will constrain the Trump-induced corruption that is eating at our national character? -- Rick Knight, Brookfield President Joe Biden vetoing the effort to add federal judgeships was little more than a case of sour grapes because Donald Trump won the presidency.

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