Hello @sgt-dan,
I was hoping for a few Trump voters to rebut my argument (politely and rationally). So far, none. Some reassuring news this morning: Still counting votes and Trump's popular vote total has fallen under 50%. Less people voted for him than it first appeared. That's something :)
I appreciate that you read this long blog and that you commented. We have to keep working at making our government better. Will be hard these next years.