SAN FRANCISCO – Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address the nation on Wednesday, a day after losing the presidential election to Donald Trump.

She didn’t take the stage at her watch party Tuesday night at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, DC.

Campaign spokesman Cedric Richmond told the crowd that Harris did not want to speak immediately so that every vote could be counted.

He promised that Harris would return to the podium when the vote was final, despite the fact that Trump and the polls had already declared her the winner.

She is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. PST.

Meanwhile, her supporters’ morale was dampened as they hoped to see the first woman of color from the San Francisco Bay Area become president.

“I feel terrible, absolutely terrible,” said Jessica Reid, who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris and attended a watch party at Manny’s restaurant in San Francisco. “It’s the worst. Dobbs. January 6. It’s like nothing matters. Like we don’t matter. My kids don’t matter.”

Andie Leandro of Walnut Creek went to sleep feeling defeated and when she woke up, she said she felt “depressed, sad and anxious.”

“I’m not looking forward to the next four years,” Leandro said. “He already said he would be a dictator from the start.”

Republicans, of course, were happy with the result.

“I believe Donald Trump will move us toward a better economy for all Americans,” Republican Party supporter KKadin True said at a watch party in Pleasant Hill. “That’s what I’m passionate about. Less money going to gas, taxes. What I care about is what’s in my wallet.”

Trump received a total of 292 electoral votes after winning critical states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and North Carolina.

You only need 270 votes to win the presidency.

Harris had 224 electoral votes as of Wednesday morning.

Trump’s victory over Harris, the first woman of color to lead a major party, marks the second time he has defeated a rival in a general election.

Harris rose to the top of the ticket after Biden left the race amid concern about his advanced age.

Despite an initial surge of energy around her campaign, she struggled under a tight deadline to convince disillusioned voters that she represented a break with an unpopular administration.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.