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Heartbroken supporters leave Harris night party as Trump’s victory becomes apparent

By Wycliffe Nyamasege
On 6 November 2024 at 10:09

Tearful supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris were seen leaving what was meant to be an election night watch party for the Democratic presidential candidate as Donald Trump inched closer to victory on Wednesday.

The watch party at Howard University had begun with music pumping and crowds dancing; however, the mood started to dampen as results from the Tuesday election began to trickle in, with the Republican Party surging ahead.

Supporters react to election results during an election night event for US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, November 5, 2024.

The heartbroken crowd, which had initially cheered as races were called in favour of Harris, was later seen booing as states were called for Trump.

Some of the disappointed Harris supporters began to leave the party after Harris Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond announced that the candidate would not speak until later on Wednesday.

"We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken.

"So you won’t hear from the Vice President tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow," Richmond told the supporters.

A supporter of US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris breaks down during an election night event at Howard University in Washington, November 5, 2024.

Trump is expected to reclaim the presidency after losing to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

He has already secured three key battleground states, putting him ahead with 267 electoral college votes against Harris’s 214. He now only needs three more electoral votes to reach the 270 threshold to win the presidency.

The 78-year-old candidate is projected to win Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia—the first three battleground states to be called in the U.S. presidential election—leaving Kamala Harris with only a slim chance to make history as the first Black woman and female U.S. President.

The 2024 presidential election was initially expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden, but Biden dropped out of the race in July and endorsed Harris after a disastrous debate that heightened concerns about his age.

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris left what was meant to be an election night watch party for the Democratic presidential candidate as Donald Trump inched closer to victory on Wednesday.

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