I met many people who stayed awake til 2 am. But I couldn't make it that long.....but I did not want to read a paper or listen to TV or radio that next day either. Until the truth was told. What a relief. But I can see why the Kerryites were suffering post election trauma. Hey, we had the same result - trauma - but of the good kind!
Except for my family (some), most of the people I know and friends at work are democrats, I live in NY, liberal country, LI to be exact. These people were not very happy at work the next day.