11.30 p.m.

Profound sadness. There's still a remote possibility for her - but as a pundit is now saying on the Daily Show, even if she wins, which she won't, the country is far more racist, sexist, uneducated and hate-filled than we had realized. She said she feels sorry for the people who voted for him. "They've traded away their health care and their financial future in order to be a bit more explicit in their racism."

Heartbreaking. Angry white rural voters turned out in force, and here we are.

She says voter suppression worked, and now the Republicans can expand it to ensure the next election. My daughter is tweeting, heartbroken, from Saskatchewan. "What do they see in him?" she asked. "People loved Hitler," I wrote back. "We are a flawed species. But remember, almost half the country voted for her."

I feel sick. What forces of evil have been unleashed?