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The Daily

Celebration and Sorrow: Americans React to the Election

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains strong language. The sound of victory was loud. It was banging pots, honking horns and popping corks as supporters of President-elect Joe Biden celebrated his win. But loss, too, has a sound. In the days after the U.S. election result was announced, some of the 71 million-plus Americans who backed President Trump are grieving. Can the country overcome its differences? In discussions with voters in areas both red and blue, we traced the fault lines of the country’s deep rifts. Guest: Astead W. Herndon, a Times national political reporter, spoke with voters in Mason County, Texas. Robert Jimison, Jessica Cheung and Andy Mills, producers of “The Daily,” and Alix Spiegel, an editor, also reported from across the country. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: In his victory speech, President-elect Biden vowed to try to unite all Americans, despite ideological differences. But President Trump’s refusal to concede could undermine Mr. Biden’s perceived legitimacy in some corners of the country.In the aftermath of the election, a crucial question emerged for divided families and a divided nation: What happens now?

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From New York Times, I'm Michael Ballaro.

0:32.9

This is the Daily.

0:41.5

Across the country this weekend, there was both celebration and sorrow as Americans

0:47.3

absorbed the outcome of the election.

0:50.6

Today.

0:51.8

We hear from supporters of the president and the president elect.

0:59.6

It's Monday, November 9.

1:08.9

Life's Fellow Americans.

1:12.1

This is Robert Jimisin in Georgia.

1:15.1

Tonight we're seeing all over this nation, all cities and all parts of the country, indeed

1:20.4

across the world, an outpouring of joy, of hope, renewed faith and tomorrow.

1:27.0

Bring a better day.

1:28.8

On Saturday night, I went out in Atlanta where hundreds of people were gathered in the streets,

1:33.6

looking at their cell phones and nearby TV screens set up at sidewalk bars.

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Good evening.

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