The atmosphere of Harris Howard's night turned from joy to anxiety

On November 6th, as the campaign calls started pouring in, the atmosphere at the election night party at Howard University, Harris’s alma mater, shifted from tension to anxiety. The music performances and victory speeches that played earlier in the evening were occasionally replaced by DJ mixes and campaign phone calls on the radio. As night fell, the intensity of the campaign became more apparent, and anxious expressions and whispers could be seen and heard in the crowd. When attendees watched the CNN projection, which was still crowded with people, there were occasional moments of silence. As the election results in Harris’s home state of California and other staunch Democratic states favored her, the crowd cheered and waved American flags.