How a Splintered Left Is Preparing for a Possible Trump Victory – WSJ

By now America is well versed in the predictions of the political right s potential response should Donald Trump lose on Nov. 5: Anxiety boils about another stop-the-steal effort to contest the outcome.

Far less scrutinized: How might the left reckon with a Kamala Harris defeat? How would the Democrats handle a result that many have for months proclaimed is an existential threat to democracy itself? 

As polls narrow, some Democratic stalwarts are trying to temper the sense of despair and the occasionally apocalyptic forecasts sweeping through their party. Jim Hannon, a psychotherapist and seasoned liberal organizer in Massachusetts, counseled calm in an open letter last week, noting Harris s campaign strength, while urging a broader perspective.

Trump could win. So, panic then? No, he wrote. A Trump presidency would be awful but not the end of history.

Democrats have been here before. In 2016, their bewilderment at Trump s victory gave way to a resistance that spawned the Women s March that drew nearly half-a-million protesters to Washington, D.C., and millions more to related rallies nationwide.

via www.wsj.com

It will be the end of something though.