Hillary Clinton supporters cry their eyes out as Trump upsets the odds to become next US President
SUPPORTERS for Hillary Clinton wept openly as the nail-biting US election saw her crushed by Donald Trump in the race for the White House this morning.
It was a less than jubilant mood at the Democrat nominee's party, held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan, which was picked because it had a glass ceiling.
Women looked inconsolable, and many of her supporters appeared to be dumbfounded in shock.
The bad news kept coming throughout the evening as Clinton lost out to Donald Trump in key battleground states including Florida, North Carolina and Ohio - which has again predicted the winning nominee having picked every US President since 1964.
Republic nominee Trump also won in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Emotions were running high at the 'party' held for the Democrat nominee in Manhattan.
The soiree had a sombre mood, after being billed as the "Hillary for America Election Night Event" and opened up to the public.
As states began to slip away one by one and Trump increased his lead, there was a tidal wave of desperation from those who had backed her.
Senior staff were nowhere to be seen, while Clinton was hunkered down in her hotel suite watching the results.
Meanwhile, over at the New York Hilton, there were scenes of jubilation as his supporters chanted "President Trump" and "lock her up".
Millions of Americans cast their votes on Tuesday for the two nominees who have been polar opposites throughout the race.
Clinton, garnered victories in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
She also took Virginia leading Trump by less than 2,000 votes out of 3million.
However the real estate tycoon and billionaire clawed sizeable victories which tipped the election firmly in his favour.
It looked like a new record had been set in the turnout with some reports suggesting 140million voters took part, far higher than the 131.4million total in 2008.