Election Day 2016: America votes

Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States.

The Republican nominee won Wednesday after capturing Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 threshold. 

Voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment picked the celebrity businessman to become the nation’s 45th president.

In this photo, Republican president-elect Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City.

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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump react as they watch the election results during Trump’s election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York. 

Jacob Javits Center

A woman weeps as election results are reported during Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s election night rally in the Jacob Javits Center glass enclosed lobby in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. 

Washington, D.C.

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rally in front of the White House in Washington, U.S. November 9, 2016. 

Kicking off Election Day

Polls in Dixville Notch, Hart’s Location and Millsfield opened right after midnight Tuesday and closed once everyone in the tiny towns had cast their ballots.

Sneaking a peak?

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to look over her shoulder as his wife Melania, votes. 

President Obama plays hoops

President Barack Obama arrives for a private game of basketball at Fort McNair in Washington on Election Day. Playing basketball on Election Day is a tradition for Obama. 

The president voted early in Chicago. 

Waiting in suspense

Guests at Clinton’s election-night rally watch results roll in at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

Looks familiar

A cake in the likeness of Trump is brought into the New York Hilton Midtown, where his election night rally will be held.

Cheers

People cheer as voting results from Florida come in at Trump’’s election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown.

Hillary Clinton casts her ballot

People take photos and surround Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee votes at Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, New York.

Ballot cast

Donald Trump hands his ballot to an election worker with his wife, Melania.

A White House waiting

The moon rises over the White House on Election Night. 

Canines welcome

Picasso the pit bull waits as owner George Gallego fills out his ballot with his wife, Julia, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.

Clinton and President streets

Hundreds of Hillary Clinton supporters gather at Clinton and President streets in the Brooklyn Borough of New York to wait for results.

Big results

The Empire State Building displays an election-themed light show with results. 

Paul Ryan celebrates

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-WI, waves to the crowd during an Election Night event in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Ryan handily won reelection. 

All-Seeing Trump

“The All-Seeing Trump,” a parody of a fortune-telling machine, is spotted near the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, where the Trump campaign election night party will be held.

Celebrations

Trump supporters celebrate as election returns come in at Trump’s election night rally in Manhattan, New York.

Candidate cookies

Trump and Clinton cookies are sold on Election Day at the Oakmont Bakery in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. 

Trump leads the cookie-purchase tally with 63 percent of cookies sold as of Election Day morning. 

Computer problems

Willa Domina, 6, watches her mother, Emily Katz, votes at a polling station in Durham, North Carolina. 

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice they were suing to extend voting hours by 90 minutes in the county because computer problems resulted in a slow paper check-in process. 

Watching together

Howard Nizebeth stands with a crowd watching a news report at Rockefeller Center.

It's a crowd

Voters wait to enter a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

An opportunity to multitask

Voters cast ballots at Su Nueva Lavaderia Laundromat in Chicago, Illinois.

A former president and a presidential nominee

Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton greet supporters after casting their ballots in Chappaqua, New York.

Standing guard

Law enforcement stands nearby as Clinton arrives at the Peninsula Hotel in New York before an election night party at the Javits Center.

A young supporter

James Fiore shows his support for Donald Trump while accompanying his mother to cast her ballot in Greenwich, Connecticut.

First-time voter

Diana Colin assists Fabio Alvarado, 91, as he arrives to vote in Norwalk, California, for the first time. 

Alvarado was born in El Salvador and became a U.S. citizen on Election Day. 

Expats "vote"

A man casts his symbolic ballot at the Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, where an unofficial straw vote for U.S. citizens living in France has been organized.

Tight security

Counterterrorism police patrol near Trump Tower in New York City on Election Day.

Security was increased throughout the city, where both Clinton and Trump planned to hold their election night celebrations.

Sharing a sticker

Hayley Bruneau receives a sticker after casting her vote with son Tayvin Faris, 1, in Penacook, New Hampshire. 

Gloria Allred votes

Attorney Gloria Allred votes in Pacific Palisades, California. 

Holding their collective breath

Clinton supporters watch in suspense at her election night rally in New York.

Voting in style

Shawna Gable wears a patriotic outfit to vote at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans.

A sticker for Arabella

Ivanka Trump places an “I Voted” sticker on her daughter, Arabella Rose Kushner, after balloting in New York City.

Early celebrations

Howard Nizebeth smokes a cigar while standing with a crowd watching a news report at Rockefeller Center during an Election Day gathering in New York. 

Prepping for the party

A worker cleans the glass case around the “Make America Great Again” hats on display at the New York Hilton Midtown, where Trump’s election night party will be held. 

Student voters

Penn State students stand in line inside the Student Union waiting to cast their ballots in State College, Pennsylvania. Students were experiencing waits of up to an hour.

Bag-tivist

A worker picking up trash comes across pro-Proposition 67 political activists, including one dressed entirely in plastic bags laying on the ground outside the a California polling station.

The proposition seeks to prohibit stores from giving customers single-use plastic or paper carryout bags, while permitting the sale of recycled and reusable bags. 

Waiting for the party

People wait in line to enter the Jacob Javits Center before Clinton’s election-night rally.

"Drive 2 Vote"

Investor Warren Buffett greets first-time voter Pedro Cruz before taking him to his polling station in Omaha, Nebraska as part of the billionaire’s “Drive 2 Vote with Warren Buffett” campaign. 

A colorful companion

Voters fill out their ballots in Concord, New Hampshire. 

Moving?

A painted sign in the window of a Honda dealership in Detroit, Michigan taps into the frustration of some U.S. voters about their options in the presidential race. 

Wearing the sticker proudly

Ranelle Taylor points to her “I Voted” sticker after voting in Santa Monica, California. 

Stylin' voter

Travis Lopes, 30, casts his vote in the Manhattan borough of New York.

Tim Kaine casts his ballot

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine gets an “I Voted” sticker after casting his ballot at the Hermitage Methodist Home polling station in Richmond, Virginia.

Boop!

A child plays while voters fill out their ballots at the Missouri National Guard Armory in Lebanon, Missouri. 

Patriotism from abroad

The American flag is projected on to the United States Embassy in London. 

Sen. John McCain casts his vote

Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, and his wife, Cindy, greet supporters after casting their votes in Phoenix. McCain is up for reelection. 

Portraits on the sidewalk

A child looks at street portraits of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama in New York on Election Day.

From one important duty to another

A sheriff’s deputy votes at a polling station at the Big Bear Christian Center in Big Bear, California.

Proud voter

Bev Heath, 82, shows off her “I Voted” sticker in Penacook, New Hampshire. 

Early morning voting

Voters wait in line for a polling site in New York to open. 

Voting, and a meal?

A sign guides voters through El Mercado de Los Angeles to a polling station located in El Gallo Restaurant in Los Angeles, California. 

Voting selfie

After voting at a polling station in Big Bear, California, a man takes a selfie in front of a banner posted just for that purpose. 

Party-ready

Workers get New York’s Jacob K. Javits Center ready for Clinton’s election-night event. 

Kids Vote

Kids Vote polling attendants Aiden Cushman and Melton Henry, both 11, work the Kids Vote polling booths at E.K. Powe Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina. 

Board voter

Guy Edwards carries his ballot and skateboard at the Los Angeles Lifeguard station at Venice Beach, which was serving as a polling station. 

Play place or polling place?

Khadra Guled votes as Mushtaq, her friend’s one-year-old daughter, plays outside the voting booth in Olathe, Kansas. 

Phone bank excitement

Colleen Campbell makes calls at a phone bank at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Clinton wins ... in Paris

Bartenders count votes at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris after a straw vote for ex-patriots living in France. Clinton won the straw vote, which has correctly predicted the outcome of U.S. elections all but twice since 1924. 

Joe Biden casts his ballot

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, vote in Wilmington, Delaware.

Are we done here?

Service dog Brody waits for his owner to finish up at a polling place in New Hampshire.

Mike Pence arrives to vote

Republican vice presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence arrives to vote with his wife, Karen, in Indianapolis. 

Honoring a trailblazer

Lisa Walden and Steph Kula place their “I Voted” stickers on the grave of women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. 

WOW

People vote at the Woodman of the World (WOW) Lodge in Florence, South Carolina.

Waiting games

Merrick, 4, and Savannah Little, 5, entertain themselves while their parents wait in line to vote in Atlanta, Georgia.

Too young to vote

A child sits behind his mom, who is filling out her ballot at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Mike Pence casts his ballot

Republican vice presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence casts his ballot in Indianapolis with his wife, Karen.

Candidate selfie

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., takes a selfie with a poll worker before he votes in Richmond, Virginia. 

Poll observer

Laura Chinchilla, the Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States in the USA, gives an interview after leaving a  polling place in Arlington, Virginia, as part of a day observing polling places in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. 

Flint votes

People line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Flint, Michigan, which has dealt with a long-term contaminated-water scandal that was determined to be the result of bad governance. 

Patriots overseas

Expatriate Americans pose outside of Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, which prides itself on having correctly predicted the outcome of U.S. elections all but twice since 1924. 

Rules

A “No Campaigning Beyond This Point” sign sits outside a polling location in Manchester, New Hampshire. 

A young helper

A voter shows a young girl how it’s done as she casts her ballot in Greenwich, Connecticut.

A short wait

A woman votes on November 8, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina, where morning crowds were sparse.

First nail ceremony

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, take part in the “first nail ceremony,” beginning construction of the inauguration platform at the U.S. Capitol.

Ryan said Monday that he was confident he would remain House Speaker.

Sen. Chuck Schumer votes

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who is up for reelection, receives an “I Voted” sticker after casting his ballot in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

A scenic polling site

Voters wait for polls to open at the Los Angeles lifeguard station at Venice Beach on November 8, 2016. Californians are not only voting for candidates, but also deciding on 17 state ballot propositions, including whether to legalize recreational marijuana.

Stars and stripes

With a large American flag on the wall, people cast their ballots in the presidential election at Freedom Academy elementary school in Provo, Utah. 

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John Podesta, campaign chairman, announces that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will not be making an appearance at Jacob Javits Center in New York, early on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 as the votes are still being counted