Gallery: America Votes 2016 – Boston University News Service

New York – Cecily Burge, 18, of New York, poses for a portrait while waiting in line to vote for the first time. Burge, a Clinton supporter, wore earrings with “Nasty Woman” on one side and Hillary Clinton’s face on the other. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

New York – Trump Tower is barricaded to pedestrians early Tuesday morning. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Boston – Yang Ren, 70, gives instructions to voters at the polling station at Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. Ren worked since 8 a.m., and it’s his first time helping on Election Day. Xue Yujie/ BU News Service

New York – People enter the polling place at Public School 59, in New York City. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

New York – Residents line up outside of Public School 59 to vote Tuesday morning. Lines went around the block. Photo by Alexandra Wimley/BU News Service

Brookline, MA – Ruth Scheer (left) and Karen Fischer (right) volunteer at Brookline Public Library, checking voters in as they enter. Crystal Milner/BU News Service

Boston – Barbara Madeloni, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and former English teacher protests in front of the polling station at the Boston Public Library. “Yes on 2 is reckless. We’re going to talk to half a million voters today. I have a good feeling for tonight,” she said. – Photo by Xue Yujie/BU News Service

Boston – Students from Wellesley High School take exit polls at the Boston Public Library. Photo by Xue Yujie/BU News Service

New York – Ivanka Trump picks up her ballot with her husband and daughter at PS 59 Beekman Hill International on Election Day. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service

New York – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump picks up his ballot at his polling place at PS 59 Beekman Hill International on Election Day. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service

New York – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump cast their votes at their polling place at PS 59 Beekman Hill International on Election Day. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service

New York – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump casts his votes at his polling place at PS 59 Beekman Hill International on Election Day. Photo by Ann Singer/BU News Service

New York – Ivory Alvarez (left) and her mother Maria Candelario take a selfie outside of their polling place, PS 384. Both women voted for Hillary Clinton. Alvarez said that it’s a “big deal,” that she could vote for the first female president and that “dreams do come true in New York.” Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Frederica Archibald voted at her polling place PS 190. Archibald said that the contentious nature of this election turned her off and that her friends had to drag her to vote. “This is not the same America that I came to (from Jamaica) in the sixties,” Archibald said. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – The people staffing PS 190 in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn said that the had a very bust morning and expect a bust late afternoon. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

Boston – People wait in line before voting at the Massachusetts State House. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

A voter listens to instructions for voting in the Massachusetts State House. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin / BU News Service

Boston – Citizens vote at the Massachusetts State House polling station on Election Day. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

New York – Police blocked off the block in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, but Trump supporters found a place to chant on the other side of Fifth Avenue. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Police blocked off the block in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, but Hillary Clinton fans found a place to yell in support of the candidate on the other side of Fifth Avenue. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Donald Trump supporters march down Sixth Avenue amid heavy police presence in front of the Hilton Midtown, the presidential candidate’s election day headquarters. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Donald Trump supporters chant and sing in front of the Hilton Midtown, the presidential candidate’s election day headquarters. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Donald Trump had both supporters and detractors like this woman gather on Fifth Avenue across from Trump Tower. The block directly in front of the building was blocked off by police. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

Donald Trump supporters attracted a media scrum on Nov. 8, 2016 as they sang the national anthem in front of the Hilton Midtown in New York City, the presidential candidate’s election day headquarters. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

Brookline, Mass. – A box full of early voting ballots sit in a polling station. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

Brookline, Mass. – Loretta Carey works in the polling station at the Brookline Town Hall. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

Brookline, Mass. – James Stayton, the warden of the local polling station, stands in front of the Brookline Town Hall. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

Brookline, Mass. – The Clark family leaves the polling station in the Brookline Town Hall. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

Brookline, Mass. -Virginia Smith (right) distributes flyers for “No on 2” in front of the polling station in the Brookline Town Hall. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service

Concord, NH – A Donald Trump inspired jack-o-lantern decorates the porch of the New Hampshire Democratic Headquarters. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Discarded campaign signs pileup at Concord voting station. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Author and poet Aerum Delevan, 35, says this is the scariest election of his lifetime but is happy with the Republican turnout at the Concord polling station that he has voted at all of his life. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Young Clinton supports of St. Paul’s School gather for a group photo outside of a Concord polling station. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Connor Skoog, 18, urges passersby to vote for Donald Trump in Concord, N.H. in Nov. 2016. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Manchester, NH – A Manchester polling location bustles with activity in the waning hours of the election. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Manchester, NH -The sun goes down in Manchester, bringing the New Hampshire vote for U.S. senator to a close. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Manchester, NH – Same-day registrees spill out into the hall at Manchester voting center. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Daniel Dalphonse, who voted in Concord with his wife Jane, says the 2016 presidential election “Reminds me of ’64. I haven’t seen a difference as stark [until now] as I saw there.” Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Connor Skoog, 18, pumps up Trump supporters as he stands in a sea of Clinton campaign signs near the Ward 4 voting station. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Ruth, 16, of St. Paul’s School’s Practical Politics class (split 7 Trump to 29 Clinton supporters) advocates for Trump at a Concord polling location. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Concord, NH – Connor Skoog, 18, calls for New Hampshire voters to “drain the swamp” and vote the Republican ticket. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

New York – Caroline Smalley waits to get into the Donald Trump election party. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York – Volunteers for the Donald Trump Campaign watch their phones anxiously for elections results. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

Boston – Patrick Norton watches Shelby Stevens writes on the Yes on 3 Yearbook at MSPCA Watch Party. – Photo by BU News Service Xue Yujie/ BU News Service

Boston – “Niko is the motivation that brought us here,” said Dorothy Henry, who attended the Yes on 3 watch party. She voted Yes on Question 3. Photo by Xue Yujie/ BU News Service

Boston – Carter Luke, president and CEO of MSPCA gives a victory speech at the watch party at MSPCA Angell Animal Hospital. – Photo by Xue Yujie/ BU News Service

Boston – Shellina Semexant, a mother of three and a strong supporter of the Yes on 2 campaign, with her son Joshua, at the Yes on 2 party at the J.J. Foley’s Cafe in South Boston. “My son is in the second grade and he is reading on the same level as his older sister. but my five year old has been on the waiting list for the past four years. This is a fight until all students get access to a great education,” said Semexant. Photo by Shraddha Gupta/BU News Service.

Braintree, Mass. – Jared Stimpson, of Acton, Mass., poses for a portrait wearing a T-shirt that calls Hillary Clinton a liar. He said Trump is the “common sense” candidate. Photo by Dian Zhang/ BU News Service

Braintree, Mass. – The Maccachusetts Trump Party is held at F1 Boston. Photo by Dian Zhang/ BU News Service

Boston – Eileen O’Connor, spokesperson for the Yes on 2 campaign, poses for a portrait at J.J. Foley’s Cafe in South Boston. “We are entirely focused on winning. We had a great day talking to our voters. In the last ten days we feel our message has really resonated with the people. Voting Yes on 2 is about making more good schools available to those 33,000 clidren who are desperate to get into these schools,” said O’Connor. Photo by Shraddha Gupta/BU News Service

Manchester, NH – Governor Maggie Hassan expresses optimism at her watch party while her senate race was still too close to call after midnight. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service.

Manchester, NH – Maggie Hassan supporters who stayed past midnight cheer as they hear good news at her watch party. Photo by J. Graham Pearsall/BU News Service

Boston – Question Four supporters socialize as they wait for results at LIR Irish Pub. Photo by Crystal Milner/ BU News Service

Boston – Mitch Rosefield reacts to a major lead in Question Four. Question Four supporters gather as they wait for results at LIR Irish Pub. Photo by Crystal Milner/BU News Service

Boston – The “Yes on 4” campaign manager speaks about how supporters have waited decades for this moment LIR Irish Pub. Photo by Crystal Milner/ BU News Service

Boston – Rachel Ramone Donlan (left), 44, and Linda Noel (right), 52, cheer as results regarding Question Four come in LIR Irish Pub. Photo by Crystal Milner/ BU News Service

Boston – Frank Shaw, 63, eagerly awaits results on Question Four at LIR Irish Pub. Photo by Crystal Milner/ BU News Service

New York, Nov. 8, 2016 —President elect Donald Trump’s victory speech was broadcast outside of Fox Headquarters in Manhattan. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

People took to the streets outside President-elect Donald Trump’s election headquarters at the Hilton Midtown in New York City to celebrate his victory on Nov. 8, 2016. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

New York, Nov. 8, 2016 — People watched the election results inside President elect Donald Trump’s election headquarters at the Hilton Midtown. Photo by Joe Difazio/BU News Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. From the left, Karen Tsutsui (exchange student from Japan) and Ines Hojas Garcia-Plaza (exchange student from Spain) follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Students follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Around 1.30 AM, just a few students still follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Two students who support Trump talk with other students at the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. A student who supports Trump at the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Tim Bergmann follows the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Francesca Secco (exchange student from Italy) follows the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. From the left, Juan Zapata (Engineering, freshman), Chasyty Escobar (Political Sciences, sophomore), Rose Martinez (Biochemestry and Molecular Biology, sophomore) and Chris Reyes (Marine Science, sophomore) follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Nataly Aguirre (freshman) follows the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. Tim Bergmann follows the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. From the left, Chasyty Escobar (Political Sciences, sophomore), Rose Martinez (Biochemestry and Molecular Biology, sophomore) and Chris Reyes (Marine Science, sophomore) follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. From the left Sara Ospina (CSA, sophomore) and Camilla Romero (CSA, Junior) follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

8 November 2016. Boston University. From the left, Karen Tsutsui (sophomore) Ines Hojas Garcia-Plaza (senior) and Chasyty Escobar (Political Sciences, sophomore) follow the Election Viewing Party at George Sherman Union. Silvia Mazzocchin/BU New Service

Ray Bourbeau of Chicopee wears a red t-shirt for the Republican Party at an event in Braintree, Mass. on Nov. 8, 2016. “I want everyone to know that I vote for Donald Trump.” Photo by Dian Zhang/BU News Service

Braintree, MA, Nov 8, 2016 – Rachael Wood of Boston said she supports for Trump because he is against the war. “There is no crime she (Clinton) didn’t commit,” she said at the F1 Boston Trump Party. Dian Zhang/ BU News Service

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