Are there compelling reasons to believe certain values of democracy are threatened by what is happening in our politics today? history class, some ideas anyone?

can you show the map , i'll be able to update my answer

the density would be a smaller number.

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.