Tamar Ziff, Vienna: “America made a huge and terrible mistake, and I think we are going to be paying for it for the next four years. But I do also have a lot of faith in democracy and civic action and the organization of various constituents in a lot of states, so even though I’m pessimistic about the administration I’m optimistic about the kind of civic advocacy that will result as a product of the electoral decision. What I’m hoping is that it will inspire a lot of civic advocacy. A lot of people that had been kind of apathetic about politics prior because the Obama administration was doing a pretty good job will now be inspired to participate more even in local politics and just kind of give their voice to the administration and opine.”