Waiting and watch parties: US election 2024 photos of the night

San Franciso

People check results in the US presidential election at a watch party in the Mission District

Photograph: Loren Elliott/Getty Images

Raleigh, North Carolina

Members of the Shaw University marching band perform at the Democratic election night watch party

Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Atlanta, Georgia

A supporter of Donald Trump reacts during a watch party

Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Manchester, New Hampshire

People applaud the announcement of an electoral vote for Donald Trump

Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

Phoenix, Arizona

Attendees wait for election results during the Democratic party’s watch party at the Hilton Phoenix Resort

Photograph: Rebecca Noble/AFP/Getty Images

Washington DC

An attendee reacts to early election results at Howard University

Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

Houston, Texas

Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a watch party on election night

Photograph: LM Otero/AP

Maryland

Democratic Maryland senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks cheers with her daughter during an election night watch party in College Park

Photograph: Jess Rapfogel/AP

Florida

Supporters react while watching returns come in during an election night watch party in West Palm Beach

Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Nebraska

Logan Bodendorfer, two, of Omaha, plays with decorations as Democratic supporters gather

Photograph: Scott Morgan/Reuters

New York

People react to early voting results during a watch party at the New York Young Republican Club watch party in Manhattan

Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Georgia

An election worker unveils early voting results at Fulton County Operations Hub and Elections Center in Fairburn

Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Nevada

A showgirl attends a voting party at Las Vegas city hall

Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

Washington DC

Women with Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sit together ahead of an election night event held by Kamala Harris at Howard University

Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Florida

Supporters wait at an election night campaign watch party for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in West Palm Beach

Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Wisconsin

Electoral workers count votes into the night in Milwaukee

Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Wisconsin

Poll workers process ballots at city hall in Janesville

Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Washington DC

Kamala Harris drops by a phone bank event at the Democratic National Committee headquarters

Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Washington DC

Members of the media work ahead of an election night campaign watch party for Kamala Harris on the campus of Howard University

Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

London, UK

Women pose with a cardboard cutout of Kamala Harris at the Democrats Abroad US election event

Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Seattle

Voters fill out their ballots at a voting center at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle

Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Illinois

A woman casts her ballot on election day at a polling station inside the Su Nueva laundromat in Chicago

Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/AFP/Getty Images

Henderson, Nevada

People cast their ballots at the Galleria at Sunset

Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA