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| | {{Cquote|The Democratic Party suffered huge losses at every level during Obama’s West Wing tenure. | | {{Cquote|The Democratic Party suffered huge losses at every level during Obama’s West Wing tenure. |
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| − | The grand total: a net loss of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts, including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships and the presidency.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/democrats-lost-over-1000-seats-under-obama.html Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama], Fox News, December 2016</ref>}} | + | The grand total: a net loss of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts, including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships and the presidency.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/democrats-lost-over-1000-seats-under-obama.html Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama], Fox News, December 2016</ref>}} |
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| | ''FivethirtyEight'' indicated in their 2017 article ''[[Barack Obama]] Won The White House, But Democrats Lost The Country'': | | ''FivethirtyEight'' indicated in their 2017 article ''[[Barack Obama]] Won The White House, But Democrats Lost The Country'': |
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| | == Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump presidential election and its aftermath == | | == Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump presidential election and its aftermath == |
| − | [[File:Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''[[Donald Trump|Trump]]’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016</ref> (see also: [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]])]] | + | [[File:Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''[[Donald Trump|Trump]]’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''<ref>[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016</ref> (see also: [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]])]] |
| | The [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] won the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. presidential race]] over his opponent Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]]. | | The [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] won the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 U.S. presidential race]] over his opponent Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]]. |
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| | and [[Atheism and forgiveness]] | | and [[Atheism and forgiveness]] |
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| − | According to the Pew Forum, in the [[United States]]: "About two-thirds of atheists (69%) identify as [[Democrats]] (or lean in that direction), and a majority (56%) call themselves political [[liberal]]s (compared with just one-in-ten who say they are [[conservative]]s).<ref>[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/05/7-facts-about-atheists/ 7 facts about atheists], Pew Forum</ref> A Harris interactive poll found that most [[United States|American]] atheists are liberal.<ref>[http://atheism.about.com/od/Atheist-Agnostic-Belief-Survey/a/Atheists-Agnostics-America-Politically-Liberal.htm Atheists & Agnostics in America Tend to be Politically Liberal]</ref> | + | According to the Pew Forum, in the [[United States]]: "About two-thirds of atheists (69%) identify as [[Democrats]] (or lean in that direction), and a majority (56%) call themselves political [[liberal]]s (compared with just one-in-ten who say they are [[conservative]]s).<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/11/05/7-facts-about-atheists/ 7 facts about atheists], Pew Forum</ref> A Harris interactive poll found that most [[United States|American]] atheists are liberal.<ref>[http://atheism.about.com/od/Atheist-Agnostic-Belief-Survey/a/Atheists-Agnostics-America-Politically-Liberal.htm Atheists & Agnostics in America Tend to be Politically Liberal]</ref> |
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| − | The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''[[Donald Trump|Trump]]’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016</ref> | + | The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''[[Donald Trump|Trump]]’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''<ref>[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016</ref> |
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| | The American [[secular left]] handled the election of [[Donald Trump]] very poorly (see: [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]). | | The American [[secular left]] handled the election of [[Donald Trump]] very poorly (see: [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]). |