We know from history that extremist demagogues emerge at times in all societies, even in healthy democracies. We have had our share of them in the United States. Among them are Henry Ford, Senators Huey Long and Joseph McCarthy, and George Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama who was a leading contender for the 1972 Democratic nomination for president before he was severely wounded in an assassination attempt. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die , have identified key indicators of authoritarian behavior. Do candidates reject the Constitution and show a possible willingness to violate it? Are they willing to undermine the legitimacy of elections? Donald Trump refused to say during the 2016 campaign that he would accept the result if he lost. Does a candidate describe their partisan rivals as criminals? Trump posted the slogan, “Help me defeat crooked Hillary,” and encouraged his audiences to chant, “Lock her up!” He said he planned to