Clinton supporters in shock as they stream out of rally with election too close to call

Record ID: 79515

  • Title: Clinton supporters in shock as they stream out of rally with election too close to call
  • Date: 9th November 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 8, 2016) (REUTERS) WIDE OF OUTDOOR OVERFLOW STAGE AT CLINTON RALLY VARIOUS OF CLINTON SUPPORTERS LEAVING RALLY VARIOUS OF CLINTON SUPPORTERS CRYING AS THEY LEAVE CLINTON SUPPORTER UPSET WHILE TALKING ON PHONE AND CALLING TRUMP A "MONSTER" MORE OF CLINTON SUPPORTERS LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, BUNNY ESCAVA, SAYING: "Completely disturbed. Cannot believe what happened tonight. We were sure that Hillary was in. We could never believe that she could lose it -- according to polls, according to everything. And it's just a very, very depressing night for us. For me." CLINTON SUPPORTERS LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, BUNNY ESCAVA, SAYING: "Completely, and I was amongst thousands of people in there. They people were the same way. They're all, the place is gloom and doom, and everybody's thoroughly depressed." (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, MELANIE SANDERS, SAYING: "I was very hopeful. Cautiously optimistic, but we wouldn't have come here if we didn't think that she wasn't going to win." (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, HALEY PIERSON-COX, SAYING: "I'm very, very disappointed in my country right now. I am hopeful that it will be OK, but I'm not . . . there's enough things that I'm afraid that I'm not really sure how that's going to be." MORE CLINTON SUPPORTERS LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, ANN FLYNN, SAYING: "Shocked, actually. I cannot believe it's going the way it is. He was never supposed to get to 244 (electoral votes), and the only thing that I can say is that there was a shadow vote of people that were afraid to admit that they were going to vote for Trump and apparently they came out en masse. That's the only thing that makes any sense." MORE CLINTON SUPPORTERS LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) CLINTON SUPPORTER, ANN FLYNN, SAYING: "No, I can't and I'm scared for the country because you can see what's happening to the stock market -- they suspended trading because it's gone down so far. All the bank stock tomorrow is going to drop when they open. It's financial repercussions is going to be unimaginable for all this happening, not to mention our status in the world. That's what really scares me: him being in charge of the nuclear weapons." ANN FLYNN WALKING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 24th November 2016 07:47
  • Keywords: election presidential Hillary Clinton rally New York
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00157Q1X6V
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  • Story Text: Republican Donald Trump scored a series of shocking wins in battleground U.S. states including Florida and Ohio on Tuesday (November 8), opening a path to the White House for the political outsider and rattling world markets that had counted on a win by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
    Trump surged to wins in Florida, Ohio, Iowa and North Carolina, and Fox News projected a win for him in Wisconsin. With voting completed in 49 of the 50 U.S. states, he also narrowly led in Michigan and New Hampshire, edging him closer to 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the state-by-state fight for the White House.
    Trump's lead sent shockwaves through the crowd gathers on Manhattan's west-side for the Clinton's campaign rally.
    As Trump slowly surpassed Clinton in electoral votes, supporters began to trickle away from the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
    "Completely disturbed. Cannot believe what happened tonight. We were sure that Hillary was in. We could never believe that she could lose it -- according to polls, according to everything. And it's just a very, very depressing night for us. For me," said one supporter on his way home.
    "I'm very, very disappointed in my country right now. I am hopeful that it will be okay, but I'm not . . . there's enough things that I'm afraid that I'm not really sure how that's going to be," added another.
    Trump captured conservative states in the South and Midwest, while Clinton swept several states on the East Coast and Illinois in the Midwest.
    Just before midnight on Tuesday (0500 GMT on Wednesday), Trump had 244 electoral votes to Clinton's 209, with U.S. television networks projecting the winner in 41 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
    A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to challenge Clinton, whose gold-plated establishment resume includes stints as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
    Both candidates had historically low popularity ratings, although Trump's were worse than Clinton's, in an election that many voters characterized as a choice between two unpleasant alternatives.
    Before Tuesday's voting, Clinton led Trump, 44 percent to 39 percent in the last Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll. A Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation poll gave her a 90 percent chance of defeating Trump and becoming the first woman elected U.S. president.
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