Church Sign on 5th Avenue the morning of the Election. New York City. November 5, 2024
Election day was long. Longer than even I thought it would be. I first set out in the late morning, after the rush hour commuters had made their ways to their jobs and the subway was not nearly as crowded. I knew there would not be much going on that early, but I thought I could get a feel for the mood of the city and see what was going on.
When I returned to Times Square around 7:00, the early results of the election were just starting to roll in. As usual, the area was full of tourists from all over the world, but scattered among them were regular New Yorker's waiting to see the election results in on the screen outside the studios of ABC News on the corner of West 44th Street and 7th Avenue and the large electric billboards in the square that all had the results.
As the night wore on, and the counts flowed in, the mood of the crowd went from hopeful, to despondent. By the time I left after midnight, most had gone home, work in the morning calling them to their beds and they knew what the final results would be when they woke up. The math was not hard to predict at that point.
A Lone Influencer across the street from Trump Tower the morning of the Election. New York City. November 5, 2024
TV's in the News Cafe near Union Square lunchtime of election day. New York City. November 5, 2024
Election memorabilia for sale in Times Square, mid-day of election day. New York City. November 5, 2024
Boris, a Trump voter, on 5th Avenue down the block from Trump Tower. "I feel like the thing is people need to understand is that he's a gift for us from God. God gave us Donald Trump to be here and make things beautiful from here, from America." New York City. November 5, 2024
Crowds watching the first results come in on a tv screen at the ABC News Studio in Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
Jim and his wife, Harris supporters, in Times Square. "To us, it's very clear. It's about democracy itself. Number one, it's about us handing off our country to our children and grandchildren with less rights if she's not elected. Reproductive and women rights also key. But it really is about true democracy, and there's no way that if you look at the record, you see a felon versus someone who's really working for all of us instead of just for themselves. Now, that's Harris." New York City. November 5, 2024
Ally, who wrote in a protest vote in the election in Times Square. "I'm a staunch Democrat, never voted anything other than blue my whole life. Never will vote again blue or red. And yeah, so I did a protest vote today for Hind Rajab, five-year-old little Palestinian girl who was murdered by the I.D.F." New York City. November 5, 2024
Alex, a Harris Supporter in Times Square. "I think many of my people will benefit from her immigration. I feel like she's more on the side of the hard-working people than Donald Trump is. So he say it many times that he will carry out mass deportations and all that, and that will affect most of my people, especially from the State of California where I come from." New York City. November 5, 2024
Steven, a Trump Supporter in Times Square. "I looked at myself and I said, 'Okay, am I doing better now or was I doing better when Trump was in presidency?...Four years ago, I was making the best money I've ever had in my whole life. I had just got a promotion and now I am out of work." New York City. November 5, 2024
Holding onto hope as the night progresses. New York City. November 5, 2024
Trump supporters in Times Square Happy about the incoming results. New York City. November 5, 2024
Waiting with baited breath as the results come in on the screen at ABC News in Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
A Trump supporter running through Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
Jana, a Harris voter in Times Square. "There are many reasons, but I think what sums it up is when Donald Trump says, 'I'm going to protect woman, whether they like it or not.' That tells me he's going to do whatever he wants to anybody, whether we like it or not. And then the list goes on, and on, and on." New York City. November 5, 2024
Watching election results come in in Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
Watching election results come in in Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
Trump Supporter on his bike riding through Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024
Crowd thinning out towards the end of the night in Times Square. New York City. November 5, 2024