The evolution of election night, in emojis
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How this year's Election-Day tweets shattered 2012's record
By 9 p.m. ET, more than 35 million election-related tweets were posted.
As election results poured in, people took to social media to describe how they felt — from anticipation to realizing Donald Trump won the presidency.
We asked our Twitter followers to sum up their feelings about the election with just one emoji. Here are the first 25 you sent in, at hourly intervals.
7:50 p.m. ET
Trump wins Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky. Clinton wins Vermont.
8:50 p.m. ET
Trump wins South Carolina,Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Clinton wins Rhode Island.
9:50 p.m. ET
Trump wins Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Louisiana and Wyoming. Clinton wins Illinois, Connecticut and New York.
10:50 p.m. ET
Trump wins Montana, Missouri and Ohio. Clinton wins New Mexico, Colorado and Virginia.