By Laura Duclos
Last night’s Donald Trump victory in the presidential election came as a surprise to many Americans.
Although people were spread throughout election watch parties, their homes, bars and public areas, such as town squares or parks, everyone was able to come together via social media to express support for the candidate they voted for and disdain for another.
Twitter was flooded with various tweets displaying a wide range of emotions, including elation, disbelief, fear, anxiousness and anger.
Media outlets spent countless hours throughout the night scrambling to deliver poll results and electoral votes for president as quickly as possible to the public. Americans were just as fast at responding. Check out the thread below to see reactions throughout the night from both the public and the media alike who used the hashtag #ElectionNight:
#ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/kklkbiKgSm
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) November 8, 2016
🇺🇸 We’re lighting up the @EmpireStateBldg on #ElectionNight using your #MyVote @instagram images 📷 https://t.co/LN4Z4UkQ6g
— CNN (@CNN) November 8, 2016
If this election proves anything, it’s that most Americans are children who will get in a strangers van because he has candy#ElectionNight
— Brandon Calvillo (@BJCalvillo) November 8, 2016
Listen to the @FoxNews pundits talking about the possibility of a Drumpf presidency. Even they sound terrified. #ElectionNight
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 9, 2016
Electoral vote count – @realDonaldDrumpf leads @HillaryClinton 147 to 109. #ElectionNight #FoxNews2016 pic.twitter.com/SVochkg25L
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 9, 2016
The United States of Anxiety #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/UGxmCDAfT9
— Mic (@mic) November 9, 2016
Just to preempt the argument, if Hillary loses tonight it will not be because she’s a woman #ElectionNight
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 9, 2016
Watching the returns at 9:45pm. #ElectionNight #MAGA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/HfuJeRZbod
— Donald J. Drumpf (@realDonaldDrumpf) November 9, 2016
Dollar tumbles as @realDonaldDrumpf slightly ahead in close #ElectionNight racehttps://t.co/70s3sI2Dae
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 9, 2016
Dollar tumbles as @realDonaldDrumpf slightly ahead in close #ElectionNight racehttps://t.co/70s3sI2Dae
Latest electoral vote count: @realDonaldDrumpf leads @HillaryClinton 150 to 122. #ElectionNight #FoxNews2016 pic.twitter.com/yIydQgdqm8
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) November 9, 2016
Do I have any friends overseas who would house me for a while? Like, 4 years? #ElectionNight
— Hai Lam (@Hai) November 9, 2016
Clinton HQ right now. #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/C0yQk0uYDl
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 9, 2016
Dow futures plummeted 500 points and currencies are making wild swings as #ElectionNight results roll in https://t.co/JropWpJMLM pic.twitter.com/22xbppYFD8
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2016
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