Dispatch From the Other Side
After four long days of waiting for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, a large crowd assembled outside Trump Tower Fifth Avenue to celebrate the race finally being called.
By Joe Lovinger • Twitter: j_lovinger
Four days of waiting ended four years of waiting for those gathered outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue Saturday morning. While the block immediately surrounding the tower was fenced off, a crowd of Biden supporters, or at least Trump detractors, cheered on the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, called by the Associated Press and cable news networks earlier today. As former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the 46th President of the United States, New Yorkers registered their approval with honking horns, vuvuzuelas, and street dancing.
The decision comes almost 100 hours after polls opened in New York on Tuesday. And while the city’s votes heavily supported Biden, the nearby swing state of Pennsylvania remained too close to call until around 11:30 this morning, when the Associated Press finally moved to project the state’s 20 electoral college votes would go to the Democratic nominee. “The AP called the race for Biden, who held a 34,243-vote lead, after it determined that the remaining ballots left to be counted would not allow Trump to catch up,” said the newswire, whose projections are typically carried by The New York Times, Google, and other major news providers.
“There is some reason for hope in America. We have a lot of work to do, but let’s celebrate today,” said Brian Schaitkin, 39.
“I can’t even think of words. It feels like the best thing to happen in our country and New York in a long time. I was just on the phone crying to my mom,” said Brynn Anderson, a 23-year-old from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. “I feel like I want to just float away.”
