Obviously, I was pleased with the results, but I was more pleased at the thought that we live in a nation where we choose our leaders through ballots, not bullets. In America, the people rule. Our system is not perfect. No system run by imperfect humans can be. Political leaders don't always tell the truth.
Money buys influence.
Small men with large egos sometimes dominate the process, and petty partisanship often prevents the people's will from being done. Democracy is clumsy, awkward and messy. It is sometimes boring and sometimes mean. In other words, it has to be the worst form of government anyone has ever thought of. Except, of course, for everything else.