On Tuesday, you (hopefully) voted in the election. Yesterday, you may have mourned or celebrated the results.

Today, you may be wondering, “Now what?”

We suggest it’s time for both politicians and citizens to put the campaign trail behind them, hit reset and try to move forward.

Let us quickly add that we’re not calling on everyone to drop their objections and join together for some vague “greater good.” There are legitimate reasons for people to be divided — namely, the fact that many people just don’t see the world in the same way.

However, there’s plenty of space between kumbaya and the kind of political warfare that surrounds elections like the one we’ve just been through; you can lower your slings and arrows without abandoning your position.

After months and years of “us” vs. “them” ads, speeches and Facebook posts, we have entered a new phase.

The “other guy” you despised may now be your elected leader; “those people” who attacked your candidacy, or whom you may have attacked, might now be your constituents. It means that — from the national level on down — it’s time to shift our focus.

Instead of trying to assume and promote the worst about those who disagree with you, as you might have done in the heat of an election, how about trying to assume good faith in this post-election period?

Assuming good faith means presuming the person you’re dealing with is trying to help and not to hurt. Maybe it means resisting the urge to run out and buy a “not my president” T-shirt; maybe it means biting your tongue instead of calling in to your favorite radio show to denounce a lawmaker as “corrupt”; maybe it even means really listening to someone who disagrees with you.

You might not feel like they deserve the presumption of good faith, but that’s exactly what our country and our state deserve.

There’s perhaps no better way to ensure that things will stay at campaign-level unpleasantness than by carrying grudges and continuing to act like the race is still going full-tilt.

We’re not suggesting you forget everything you know or believe about those you disagree with, but how about trying to turn the page?

In this representative democracy, we’re stuck with those we elected on Tuesday, for better or worse. We believe it’s worth making an effort to move forward, together.