[quote=@Belle]
I am a woman in the US and I am terrified.
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Try to be less terrified and more amused. I found it helped with Brexit.

Edit:

In part it is because Clinton was an absolutely terrible candidate, she was manoeuvred into the nomination by the DNC and then failed to attract voters. I think almost any other democrat nominee would have done better though I feel the biggest problem was that everyone underestimated Trump's ability to mobilise rural and disenfranchised voters in the swing states and turn states that should have gone democrat into republican. People took the result for granted and it stung them. 

On the bright side while this could be a nasty few years in the long run it could work out better, especially for people in areas typically considered 'safe' votes. Look at Michigan for example, that state was considered as safe democrat vote and hadn't voted republican in 20 years and then in the last legs of the election it suddenly became active. It's still being counted but it looks like it is about to go Trump. This could motivate politicians in the next election to pay more attention to voters in these areas rather than taking their votes for granted and only trying to woo voters in the swing states- that can only be a good thing for democracy, right? 

I think it might also shake the world awake; There's a rise in the right across the western world and the left is rapidly losing ground to them. And hey, perhaps this will show everyone that stupid slogans and mudslinging are no basis for good politics. It's been a race to the bottom and it seems like people were voting based on who they thought was the least awful. 

Also, as it stands according to google Trump has 276 votes with 59.18 million votes- Clinton has 218 votes with 59.35 million votes. Perhaps this will get people motivated to push for reform on the voting system which has some pretty glaring flaws when a candidate can win more votes with less votes. I wouldn't count on it though, this isn't a new thing and most people don't even notice or care when it does happen.

So try to look on the bright side even if things are looking pretty bleak right now.