I don't hang out in here but thought I'd add my thoughts if anyone cares.
56 years ago I was born in SoCal and have lived here for every second since. My parents taught me that "Democrats were for small business and the working man and Republicans were for big business". So being the son and future partner of a small business owner, I registered as a Democrat on my 18th birthday... Fast forward to the 3rd year of Obama's 2nd term and I officially changed to a registered Independent.
Even though I live in CA, I still voted for Trump yesterday.
My takeaways from the results are:
1) America wants change. The vast majority of American people were/are sick and tired of how this country is being run and they just want change... even if it's from a person they truly don't like as a man... they just want change.
2) Here in Los Angeles county we finally got rid of DA George Gascon and his liberal soft on crime policies that have created a place where people walk into a store and grab whatever they want and just walk right the fuck on out without any consequences whatsoever..... and it was a landslide result in the 70% region.
We also passed a law that makes these types of crimes felonies again as well as other drug related crimes too... you know, making crime illegal again.
^ My takeaway from those 2 super important local issues (to me) says only one thing.....
Even liberals are sick of liberal policies.