Yes, I remember that day very well. I was attending a very liberal univerisity, and there was a very small group of us who decided it would be best to leave the campus and celebrate that victory amoung the more joyous in the Chicago bars.
Me, too. Was walking to the bus stop from my job in downtown Seattle, and went past the Republican HQ. They were deleriously happy! Went home to vote, and got the rest of the news that night.
Next day, only my buddy Al and I were happy, everybody else in the office was in a blue funk...