By h. nazan ışık—
7 November 2020—
Today it is 7 November 2020. Votes have been counted and everyone has been waiting for the election result since 3 November 2020, Election Day. Who will be the 46th U.S. President?
On the news I heard that the Associated Press projects that Joe Biden will be the President-elect.
I went outside to see people’s reactions to the result. Is it going to be a celebrating, cheering atmosphere or protests by Trump supporters?
Three young ladies, wearing “OUT NOW” stickers, crossing 60th street on Lexington Ave (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
The first thing I noticed was “OUT NOW” stickers attached to outwear, even on masks.
I went to 5th Ave and 57th street where the Trump Tower is. Whole area was barricaded, and full of police officers.
Not much was happening. I saw only one person, popped a champagne bottle and his friend recorded it.
I continued walking to Times Square.
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Oh, Times Square, very crowded with people in a festive mood.
Times Square characters were celebrating too (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
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Bikers rallied first. Too many of them were showing their skills of control.
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And cars followed bikes. I stopped counting cars, many, many of them to count. Honking, cheering up, waving flags.
Holding signs read “Biden and Kamala 2020”.
Reflection of light on a cardboard cutout of Joe Biden.
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And this one, written on a car window, very simple yet very creative: “JOE+KAMALA!!(Heart)
Someone was reminding that every vote should be counted. (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
People were applauding, cheering, taking pictures, selfies in Times Square while President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivered their acceptance speeches in Delaware. (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
Someone with a red hat noticed my camera and posed.
Expect the unexpected.
Three young men, wearing MAGA (Trump’s “Make America Great Again”) hats, were among the people who were applauding, celebrating the election result. (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
“Go away, go away” some people shouted at them. They gave them a big smile and continued clapping. They were speaking in another language. I wasn’t sure if they knew what that MAGA hats were about.
I saw another image of a lady in tears, and left them.
People watching Biden and Harris, on a big screen in Times Square, as they delivered their acceptance speeches in Delaware. (Photo: © h. nazan ışık /NKENdiKEN)
I called this image a ‘combined emotions’: tears in smiling eyes, right hand over heart, and a half empty glass of drink.
“Are you sad?” I asked.
She said: ”Oh, no, not at all!”
“Are you alone?”
“ No, I am with friends,” she looked at friends next to her.
“Why are you crying?
She took a sip from her drink: “ I can’t stop crying all day,”
Took another sip “ These are TEARS OF JOY”
And some others were celebrating the news in a different mood: Singing and dancing.
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