How Americans across the nation reacted to the news that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the U.S. 2020 presidential election.
Divided Americans Celebrate, Protest Biden-Harris Election Victory
![A woman reacts after news media declared Democratic candidate Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, at BLM Plaza in Washington, DC, Nov. 7, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/de88623b-584c-429c-a515-48bb1f0ec735_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reacts after news media declared Democratic candidate Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, at BLM Plaza in Washington, DC, Nov. 7, 2020.
![Posters displaying election results hang on the fence outside of St. John's Church near the White House, in Washington, Nov. 8, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ca8418ef-b9a9-479c-8c7f-83afa15c78d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Posters displaying election results hang on the fence outside of St. John's Church near the White House, in Washington, Nov. 8, 2020.
![Jordan Johnson poses with a Biden flag outside the White House, after a presidential election victory was called for former Vice President Joe Biden, in Washington, Nov. 8, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a8e364d-dc1b-4cb3-9afe-35f0a73d2c4e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jordan Johnson poses with a Biden flag outside the White House, after a presidential election victory was called for former Vice President Joe Biden, in Washington, Nov. 8, 2020.
![A demonstrator reacts while listening to U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris speak in the Castro district of San Francisco, CA, Nov. 7, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ede30a57-0cf1-4804-acd9-74d4ca84f4ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A demonstrator reacts while listening to U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris speak in the Castro district of San Francisco, CA, Nov. 7, 2020.