A winner is a winner. It could be big or small, but wouldn't turn out to be a loser. When Lib lost their Fed election several months ago. They didn't say: We lost the election but we still have people's support. They said: We respect the voter's choice. This is democracy. We will try our best to gain voters back.
There is meaningless to say"if". Because if you born in U.S. You could be the president. Accept the fact, accept failure is a good manner.