Both sides are secretly happy. All I see on facebook is the alt-right/religious right/far right bragging they won, then a counterbalance from the left (they aren’t divided so we’ll just say the left) that Hillary won the popular vote…never ends.
If Trump had won popular/lost electoral, we’d be seeing small militias of truly dangerous men with enough ammo to take out a small village protesting instead of classic liberals from every shade of hipster/hippie/SWPL, past-to-present & disenfranchised minorities & pissed off college kids who really thought their vote could “make a difference”. There’s probably some “Can I speak to a manager” types of women who try to confuse waiters for free food sprinkled in as well, but don’t really care that Hillary lost joining the fight.
By & large, these people are not dangerous. The ones who are, most likely are pissed off men (who probably don’t even know what the popular vote means) simply using the protests as nothing more than a vessel to channel their anger. If you hear of a violent protester, the alt-right will say he was funded by Soros. That’s become their narrative. Sort of how back in the 90s, anything bad was blamed on Marilyn Manson.
It takes a very rational person to realize this, which is why most cannot.
The right has some concerns as to if their Guru-in-Chief Don Trump will even ascend to the pulpit, so their true delight isn’t Trump winning, but relishing that the so-called liberals lost.
The left is happy because they have a reason to complain. Hillary won the popular vote. It’s hard to argue with straightforward logic & simple mathematics.
The right will say, “Our founding fathers set it up that way, can’t argue with the FF’s, I said you can’t!” Just like a teacher scolding a pupil.
They seem to forget if the FF’s had their way, a certain minority group would still be picking cotton. So, sometimes the FF’s do need to be challenged.
Another thing I’ve seen on the right (specifically the alt-right) is how Freudian it’s gotten. Freud himself couldn’t imagine this.
-There’s alt-right men saying the Trump victory will mean improved virility
-Alt-right men saying wearing the MAGA hat makes them irresistible to women
-Alt-right men saying they had a dream they showered in “liberal tears”
-If it rains, that’s liberal tears
-Alt-right men saying they would like to rub liberal tears on their…fill in the blank
-Memes of Trump Salt Company, made from…100% American liberal tears
Basically, what this Trump “win” equates to is nothing more than upset socially goofy men beating on the chest like a gorilla.
It’s actually more Freudian for them, & I think most of them are overcorrecting considering in a fair world, they actually lost the election.
Trump on 60 Minutes said he would prefer a “simple” system then said if someone gets 100 million votes & if the other gets 90 million, 100 million should win. He doesn’t even want to live in DC & plans to goto New York a few nights a week, on the taxpayer dime.
Don’t expect this weird election to end just yet. There could be an executive order, martial law if the protests don’t stop, Trump may even say he doesn’t want to be president since he lost the popular vote by a large margin (600K to 2million depending on projection).
All speculation, but it could an interesting next few months.