Justin, the Region 19 GOTV director for North Carolina for the Hillary for America campaign and my supervisor of sorts during my volunteer work there, texted me last night as we were commiserating over our shared grief.

Feel good about doing your part. We won in Cumberland.

I have to admit, I cried when I read that. We may not have been able to win the national election, but I and my fellow volunteers in Cumberland County, North Carolina, delivered for Hillary Clinton. I take comfort in that. I did my part. I left it all on the field. Democracy works.