Kamala Harriss campaign for president of the United States ended with dancing.
Alumnae with gray in their hair danced alongside Howard students.
Men studied the steps and began to join in.
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The Vice Presidents adult life started at Howard, in the capital where she now serves.
The mood in Washington earlier that day, as voters drifted from the polls, was upbeat and circumspect.
In Logan Circle, an elderly woman leaning on a cane had her hair sprayed bright blue.
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By eight oclock, as an eerie humidity swept through, the Yard became a center of activity.
She was dressed in a shiny silver blazer, a sequined Howard H shirt, and a floppy hat.
Kamala had this dream and followed itand now she has come home.
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In the final analysis, the campaign broke records for fundraising and, by someaccounts, voter registration.
Today I felt it was really important to get out of the house and be in a community.
Hes trying to single out small, misunderstood minorities as scapegoats.
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This election is going to shape our future, she added.
Or it will all go away.
Harris was leading in North Carolinaa great cheer rose across campuswhile Trump led in Georgia.
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By 10:15 p.m., the cheer that accompanied the declaration of her win in Colorado seemed strained.
Shortly after 11, CNN reported that the campaign had no plans to issue a verdict that night.
Handheld flags, which had been waving across the Yard, were now held more tentativelyan unintentional half-mast.
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She was the communications director for Voters of Tomorrow, a voter-mobilization organization focussed on Generation Z.
Over the past months, it reports having made contact with more than 32 million voters.
Pecora had grown up in San Diego as the daughter of an immigrant from Tijuana.
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During the first Trump election, her cohort wasnt old enough to vote.
Every time Gen Z has had a chance to vote, weve turned out and defeated them."
Were trying to stay optimistic and have a good outlook thats still a little bit realistic.
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Thats not how democracy works.
By 11:30 p.m., the map onscreen, though still irresolute, had taken on a red cast.
Some felt duty-bound to remain.
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sister who had voted, she said, in a T-shirt that read Stroll to the Polls.
But others started to take the campaigns lead and venture home.
No one cried out.
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Almost no one wept.
But there was an air of focus that those departing seemed to carry out into the greater world.
Were not going back, she said, and then turned and walked on.
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