Voters across the country headed to the polls Tuesday to cast historic votes in a presidential election that saw a current abandonment, two assassination attemptsand launched a discourse on the very survival of American democracy.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrat, would become the first woman and woman of color to win the presidency, while her Republican opponent, the norm-breaking former President Donald Trump, would be only the second candidate to win elections. non-consecutive terms. since Grover Cleveland did it in the 19th century.

And in addition to heading to the polls, supporters on both sides took to social media to share their hopes and predictions.

“Proud daddy, girl here,” California designer Christopher Webb wrote on black woman president, Kamala Harris. . #VoteKamala»

On Trump’s side, enthusiasm was just as high.

“Today, Donald J. Trump attempts to become the second man to win a non-consecutive presidential term,” wrote attorney James R. Lawrence III, who served in Trump’s first administration. “The last time was in 1892 when Grover Cleveland won the White House. It was said that Cleveland fans loved him “for the enemies he made.” Sound familiar? »

A West Coast resident named Kat Dizon also expressed support for Harris.

“As a Filipino-American, I am so grateful to have the privilege to vote,” Dizon wrote on X. “I just voted for the first female president, Kamala Harris!”

An X user with a handle nicknamed “Rock On Ohio” also teased Trump’s potential Cleveland-style comeback.

“President Trump can make history tonight,” wrote the rocker, who declares in his X bio that “President Trump is America’s only hope to save our great nation!”

“If he wins tonight, he will be only the second president to win back the White House since Grover Cleveland in 1892,” the rocker continued. “Grover Cleveland lost his re-election 4 years earlier to Benjamin Harrison, but won back the White House in 1892.”

Meanwhile, Jerome Trammel, a non-binary television producer, suggested Monday via of the most stubborn glass in American culture.

“So let me see what you’ll wear to tomorrow’s Election Viewing Party to see Kamala Harris become the first female president!” » wrote Trammel.

Another self-identified “GOP conservative” on X, named Gregory Trane, was so confident that Trump would win that he called the race for the Republican on Wednesday night.

“Also on this site, I congratulate Donald Trump on his presidential victory one day before November 5th,” Trane wrote. “He will be only the 2nd president to have won 2 non-consecutive terms in this historic feat.”

Trump will also make history, regardless of the outcome, as the nation’s first convicted felon to run as a leading presidential candidate. He was convicted in May of 34 counts in New York hush money case and several more indictments loom. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and called the prosecution politically motivated.

Polls remain open in Massachusetts until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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