In the 1868 election, the man in your avatar, General Longstreet, wholly endorsed a man, General Grant, who he had just fought in a horribly bloody civil war against. At Grant's inauguration, Longstreet was at his side.
America will survive this moment no matter who wins in November. We have been through far worse.
Crazy times. The Republic is strong.
I remember one trip with my first wife to Cleveland when we went to a performance at Severance Hall. It was located about the 120th block of Euclid Ave. This was in the late 1970's, way before navigation, and I had a map of Cleveland. I got on Euclid Ave as soon as I could, and I think it was around the 30th block. We had to drive through some of the worst areas with burned out buildings that I have ever seen.I'd settle for any place in Kansas or Oklahoma over the biggest, bar none, sh!thole in the entire USA ... Cleveland Ohio!
If it were by popular vote only, imagine that a place like California basically determines the entire course of events.
Which would you choose if you had to pick?