"I have never seen anything quite like the grief being felt by the majority of American voters who did not vote for Donald Trump.
Back in 1980, there was disappointment among Democrats when Ronald Reagan won.
In 2000, after the long Florida recount and the intrusion of the Supreme Court into the decision, there were plenty of upset people who thought Al Gore, not George W. Bush, deserved to be president.
But the losing voters in those elections were not despondent.
They were not breaking out in tears weeks later.
They were not waking up each morning with feelings of dread about what was to come.
This time it is different and, in my experience, unique.
This is not simply a case of Hillary Clinton supporters being bad losers.
For most of those who feel traumatized by what happened on Nov. 8, this is not about the candidate who won the popular vote, yet lost the election.
It is about the candidate who was picked as president by the electoral college on Monday.
People are mourning because the fate of their country will now be in the hands of an intellectually uninterested, reckless, mendacious narcissist.
...Now, another set of Americans — a significantly larger group — is feeling profoundly distressed.
If their fears are borne out, their anger, too, will become a political force that could upend an election yet to come.--David.Horsey@latimes.com
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