As much as it may feel good to demand a recount of the presidential vote in Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania, the odds are that nothing will change.

I doubt that anyone seriously connected with the Hillary Clinton campaign will join the recount effort or suggest vote tampering.

Even lawyers supporting the recount simply say it’s about testing the count to eliminate the possibility that something might have been hacked, given the pre-election polling that showed Clinton ahead.

The only winner in the recount is Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who officially requested a recount in Wisconsin on Friday and got what every little known politician wants: attention.

You have to understand that politicians need attention. Donald Trump proves that on a daily basis.

President-elect Trump is mostly thumbing his nose at the print media, the TV media and even the radio media. Right wing, left wing, mainstream middle. It doesn’t seem to matter.

Trump hasn’t held a news conference since his election. He’s given a few interviews, most notably to the New York Times after a brief set-to with the paper over ground rules, and released a video laying out some of his legislative priorities.

Barack Obama held a news conference three days after his election in 2008. But then, Obama wasn’t coming into office convinced that the nation’s media were rigged against him.

We could be looking at the first time a president has ignored, if not directly challenged, the media’s right to access to the highest and most powerful office in the land, and to the person occupying it.

Let’s hope this doesn’t last. Our democracy depends on open access to officeholders, and to insisting that they explain the decisions they make.

One thing you can say for the election — it may be the kick young people needed to realize they can’t just sit on the sidelines and trust that the right thing will happen.

The post-Nov. 8 protests in Oakland, San Francisco and a host of other cities were a start. Now it will take involvement in the process.

Simply voting would help. The future can’t be left to me and the other occupants of Jurassic Park.

Next time, if they’ve got game, young people will be ringing doorbells in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states where the enthusiasm gap sank Clinton.

If that had happened this time, people in their 20s would be celebrating the election of the first woman as president. Now, maybe one of them will have that honor.

Just about the only positive story surrounding the 49ers in this death march of a season was former boss Eddie DeBartolo’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Last week, fellow members of the hall celebrated the honor at the Fairmont Hotel.

All the Niners greats from the DeBartolo era were there — Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott and Steve Young among them. Eddie was his resplendent self and seriously concerned about the future of the team.

It wasn’t hard to see why. The next day, as the rain fell at Levi’s Stadium, DeBartolo was honored on the field in front of about 50,000 empty seats.

We here in San Francisco are suddenly staring into the financial abyss, thanks to our sanctuary city policies and Trump’s unalterable opposition to them. It’s going to take a lot of creative thinking for us to remain a cooperative, diverse and alive city these next four years.

To his credit, Mayor Ed Lee doesn’t look like one to wilt. It may not be painless, but one way or another, he — and we — will figure out how to do the right thing and still get by.

Remember, Mr. Mayor, what Herb Caen said: “Heaven may be wonderful, but then again, it isn’t San Francisco.”

A great line — let’s make sure the city stays worthy of it.

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