C'mon folks, please show more decorum here than our "leaders" demonstrate.
I'm actually surprised that the predictions of some of my friends that said "I think Trump will win, because there are a lot of people the media doesn't cover/talk about and who don't respond to polls, that are going to come and vote for him" seem to be astute observations. This definitely seems to be the case in those swing states.
If you believe in democracy (even the USA odd form of it), though, then, yes, the country has to accept the consequences of its collective action. For it is a collective thing - CA can't say "it's not my fault" because in some ways it is - the animosity that arises between CA politics and, say, SC, does not arise in a vacuum.
I'm definitely uneasy and sad by the current situation. I want leaders with decorum and respect, not lead-by-bombast. I mean there was that supposed tweet by the youngest Congressman elected - it was not the type of thing that should characterize any leader. No humility, no respect for his opponent.
The calls to stop counting now, before it's done - that's just inexcusable. So even though my state may not go the way I voted - I still feel like I did my part, despite the quirks of the electoral system. Remember this is like sports - you want to be so far ahead that you don't lose due to one bad call or some unlucky bounce. Sadly this election has never been in that camp - we all know that the choices we had were not great.
So I think the best thing we can do is, regardless of whatever we find out the result to be in a few days or weeks, is simply to respect our neighbors' humanity and try to work together to at least start teaching the next generation to be respectful. It's not going to happen overnight, and we can't rely on the media or our leadership to do it for us.