1. Denial-
It's election night. You pass out at 12 hoping that the proliferation of red that you are visualizing on the map is merely a figment of your imagination. You wake up at 4 in a panic and check your phone. You do not believe the results and you "nervous-laugh" yourself to sleep with the assumption that this was simply the nightmare of all nightmares. You wake up later that morning just to again disregard the election results believing them to be untrue.
2. Bargaining-
You start to devise ways of negotiating with the electoral college. After all, Hillary won the popular vote, right? You sign every petition on facebook and cross your fingers tight, even though you're aware of the near impossible circumstances.
3. Anger-
This emotion overwhelms you ten times more than the others. You are angry at Donald Trump for spewing hateful rhetoric and bolstering one of the strongest divides our country has seen since Lincoln. You are angry at your friends and family, those who have supported the misogyny, the xenophobia, the homophobia, the racism and everything else that a vote for Trump represents. But most significantly, you are angry at yourself. You downplayed the situation. and you had more faith in humanity than you should have.
4. Depression-
The angry streak starts to wear off and now you're just feeling downright sad. When discussing the election results with fellow depressed voters you find yourself watery eyed and sick to your stomach. An election should not feel like a death.
