Remember Hope? Twitter Compares Who We Were Last Election With Who We've Become

By Kristy Puchko | Miscellaneous | November 8, 2017 |

By Kristy Puchko | Miscellaneous | November 8, 2017 |

A year ago, we headed to the polls confident we’d soon be celebrating the election of the United States of America’s first female president. At once it feels like it was just yesterday and like an eternity ago. We were so young then. We took for granted simple things like hope and a good night’s sleep. It’s been a hell of a year. And Twitter was feeling it.

me on election day 2016 vs me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/TJcyT4nCE4

— EM Simpson (@charlie_simpson) November 7, 2017

Me on election day 2016 vs me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/o4jzpjUgdY

— dorsey.mp4 (@dorseyshaw) November 7, 2017

me on election day 2016/me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/wQHCENMX72

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 7, 2017

Me on election day 2016 vs. election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/rxT8Pt0kqO

— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) November 7, 2017

Me on election day in 2016 v. Me on election day in 2017 pic.twitter.com/VhEJD7468n

— lyz lenz (@lyzl) November 7, 2017

Me election day in 2016 v. me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/KjknM4gKhu

— Bekka Supp (@valhallabckgirl) November 7, 2017

Me on election day 2016 vs. election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/29YU3Pbmqk

— pajiba (@pajiba) November 7, 2017

Me election day in 2016 v. me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/zHWMwLbmui

— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) November 7, 2017

Me election day in 2016 v. me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/deEw7zwaI9

— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) November 7, 2017

We're all doing that "Me on Election Day 2016 vs. Me on Election Day 2017" thing? Okay. pic.twitter.com/dcolCUeWIg

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 7, 2017

Me on Election Day 2016 vs me on Election Day 2017 pic.twitter.com/3LHjzg9GL0

— AntsInMyEyesJohnson (@yourlocalemodad) November 8, 2017

me on election day 2016 // me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/Ppfb0eV24o

— democracy diva (@democracydiva) November 7, 2017

Me on election day 2016 v. me on election day 2017 pic.twitter.com/clra5mNSNY

— Lindsay Hunter (@lindsaydevon) November 7, 2017

Me on election day in 2016 v Me on election day in 2017 pic.twitter.com/xxzpT0RqA1

— Brett S. Vergara (@BrettSVergara) November 7, 2017

But then behold! As the night came, so did so much good news for progressives and people who aren’t bigoted fuckwads! And so this meme took on a new life.

Me on Election Day 2016 vs me on Election Day 2017 pic.twitter.com/MLxkOn7pk0

— Cher (@thecherness) November 8, 2017

Me on election morning in 2017 vs me on election evening in 2017 pic.twitter.com/E2lI12XofO

— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) November 8, 2017

me emotionally on election night 2016 vs me emotionally on election night 2017 pic.twitter.com/qd6zESDo8A

— Siobhan Thompson (@vornietom) November 8, 2017

Me on Election Day 2016 vs me on Election Day 2017 pic.twitter.com/DnfFv9gkui

— Laura (@laurasias) November 8, 2017

me on Election Day 2016 vs. me on Election Day 2017 pic.twitter.com/GwZnHjCKG3

— SheShouldLead (@SheShouldLead) November 8, 2017

Hang in there. The reckoning begins today.