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‘We all lose’: The best of #ElectionNight tweets

Humour, analysis, despair and anger expressed by millions of social media users as polls begin to close.

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US Presidential Election 2016
Millions of people around the world are tweeting about the US election after a long and dramatic campaign [EPA]
Published On 8 Nov 2016

The US presidential election is playing out on social media – across the world. 

By the time of publishing, #ElectionNight was trending in most countries on Twitter.

In the US, some of top hashtags being used were: I Voted; #ElectionNight; #EricTrump; Susan B Anthony; Exit Poll and #PostVotingStressRelief.

In Nigeria, tweets were adorned with: #ElectionDay; Clinton, Nevada and Supreme Court.

And in the Philippines, social media users used: #ElectionDay; New York, Nevada and #NeverAgain.

Here are some of the funniest and most poignant tweets about the US election so far, as chosen by our team:

https://twitter.com/samueloakford/status/796071038555721728

https://twitter.com/GeauxGabby/status/796053002813579269

https://twitter.com/Palespanish/status/795952444811395072

https://twitter.com/ExamProblems/status/796031837567152129

https://twitter.com/OmarImranTweets/status/793873672285016064

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