It is going to take many days for the reality that Donald Trump will be front and center in our lives for four years to sink in. The immediate aftermath will be the punditry on why Trump has been elected. 

I hoped this wouldn't happen, but deep down in the pit of my stomach I knew it would happen. One place to look to why this happened are the favorability ratings of Congress. 

The ratings show that many people think our representatives do a bad job. When they looked at Trump, they probably think, he can't be any worse than what we already have, so why not try something different?

Obviously, this same analysis took place in comparing Clinton and Trump. Many people feel they are equally bad. When selecting between two bad options, they chose the different option, or the devil you don't know versus the devil you do know.

In the advertising I saw here in Michigan, the ads from Trump and Clinton made these options very clear. Trump's ads positioned him as the outsider and a vote for him is a vote for change, Clinton's ads positioned her as the safe, known, reliable, and translated by many as non-change, option.

So, to me, the main message of Trump's election is that nearly half country wants change, no matter what. I am pretty sure not everyone agrees with all the changes Trump proposed during his campaign, and I bet many people hope many were empty promises, but they don't care! 

No one can dispute that Trump is very different from any person we elected President. What I will dispute, and which I fear not enough people have fully considered, is that the consequences of that difference could really be worse than what is already in place. 

But hey, today a lot of people are satisfied in the fact that they "stuck it to" whoever and whatever they have a problem with.