The Anti-Trump Hangover Is Here
For political junkies, the post-election crash hits like a hangover. Here in Britain, we had two elections and two referenda—on Scottish independence, then Brexit—over four consecutive years. The summer of 2017, after the last of those votes returned a hung parliament, felt like one long exhale. I remember noticing how many people were changing jobs, leaving their relationships, or otherwise making big life decisions. You can only live on adrenaline for so long, and the comedown that follows is brutal.
The United States is now facing that comedown. The forces that drove this election result are still not clear—there is no way to glibly summarize the splits by race, gender, or. (As it happens, the People’s Republic of Trumplandia would be among the in the world, ahead of South Africa, France, and Kenya.)
