As the evening progresses, the drip, drip of bad news turns into a deluge
ptimism abounds at Clinton headquarters in New York as the first results trickle in. Thousands of people wait in lines that stretch down 34th Street and 10th Avenue outside the Javits Center. They all came for the election victory party.
“I’ve been waiting here since 8:30 in the morning,” says Nicole, 24, of New York. For Nicole, the possibility that Clinton won’t win is non-existent. “I’m excited about the first woman president,” she announces. “It worries me that Trump has so many supporters, but I still think Hillary will win.”
Inside the hall itself, the atmosphere is electric. The music blares, the energy in the room pulses, the lines outside keep growing.
But suddenly, something begins to falter. Trump is ahead in Virginia. “They haven’t yet counted the areas near D.C.,” one network explains.
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