When Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested recently that the 2016 election will be “rigged” 
So argues David C. Wilson, a political science professor and dean of social sciences at the University of Delaware.
“By delegitimizing the election system, Trump is tapping into the sentiment of resentment,” Wilson said, defining resentment as being when one is irritated about others who have gotten—whether real or perceived—certain “undeserved, unjust, and often immoral benefits.”
Trump’s suggestion of electoral shenanigans this November could make things difficult for former Secretary of State and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton if she wins the Oval Office, Wilson said.
“If Trump, and his supporters, believe he is the rightful heir to the presidency and believe that Clinton won by breaking rules, then, in the eyes of both Trump and his supporters, she is illegitimate,” Wilson stated in an e-mail to Diverse.
“Essentially, he’s done his part and is penalized, and she’s cheated and rewarded,” Wilson stated, adding that such an outcome will make many members of the public “resent Clinton and others associated with her, destabilizing the governing climate of civility and bipartisanship.”
Wilson expounds on matters of race and resentment in American politics in a new paper titled “Perceived electoral malfeasance and resentment over the election of Barack Obama.”
