The following letter was sent to the MIT community today by President L. Rafael Reif. To the members of the MIT community, Because this year’s elections will have profound consequences, the coming weeks will demand a great deal of us as a people. So I would like to reflect on how I hope we will navigate this time as a community and to offer some practical guidance. In a most difficult year, this political season adds further uncertainty. Already, feelings are running high. I expect this is true across the country,…