I remember when Bush was first elected, (also without a mandate and without having won the popular vote), how some people (The Dixie Chicks in a performance abroad) proclaimed how embarrassed they were; that Bush was not their president. It seems the same was done when Obama was first elected. Now we have Trump and we get more of the same.
I wonder how much of this is due to a couple of coddled generations; those who got "participation trophies" so they wouldn't have to learn to deal with disappointment, or worse yet, losing.