The presidential election has been an undeniably tense and polarized time for the U.S. But, for some voters, the ability to cast a ballot for the country’s first female presidential candidate was a breakthrough moment moving enough to bring them to tears.
Women from across the U.S. shared emotional stories of how they felt casting historic votes for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
New Hampshire resident Aly McKnight filmed a video inside her car and admitted that she “ugly cried for 10 minutes” after casting her ballot.
Sat in my car and ugly cried for 10 min after I voted & I wanted you all to see it. #ImWithHer #nhpolitics pic.twitter.com/xcr87AxUuk
— Aly McKnight (@alymcknight) November 8, 2016
Other voters shared similar emotional tales on Twitter.
Crying out of thankfulness for the ladies of history who fought for our right to vote, and the fact that I just voted for a woman president.
— Kate Laing (@klaing_) November 8, 2016
I keep crying cause I voted for a woman
— pumpkin queen (@brawny__) November 8, 2016
I JUST VOTED FOR A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING COUNTRY, I'M CRYING. #ImWithHer
— bren (@tallsatan) November 8, 2016
Been crying all day, I can't chill!!!! I just voted in my first Presidential election and for OUR FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT!!!
— Haley K. Clay (@hclay14) November 8, 2016
My mom called me crying and said "I voted for the first woman president son"
— Nash (@natinafajita) November 8, 2016
feels like i'm always crying in a parking lot for some reason but this time it's bc i just voted early for the first woman president (':
— anna (@annasnevets) November 4, 2016
A cemetery in Rochester, N.Y. became a de facto meeting point for Clinton supporters as they visited the grave of suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Anthony was arrested and convicted of voting in 1872 – 48 years before women were granted the right to vote.
The grave has become a symbolic place for Clinton supporters, who plastered her headstone with stickers that read “I have voted.”
Mount Hope Cemetery said it would remain open until after the state’s polls closed at 9 p.m. (ET) so that people could pay their respects.
In another show of the election’s historic nature, a movement of voters wore white as a nod to the emblematic colour of the U.S. suffragette movement. Voters used the hashtag #WearWhiteToVote to show their support.
Did the damn thing with my lady friends. ✅✨#WearWhiteToVote #ImWithHer @smrtgrls @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/6Nqa6wf9az
— Lauren Koontz (@lauren_koontz) November 8, 2016
My first election as a US Citizen. Happy & proud to vote for the first woman President. #BadHombre #NastyWoman #WearWhiteToVote #WereWithHer pic.twitter.com/aeKgBag0mm
— Sergio Avila (@savila2015) November 8, 2016
#wearwhitetovote #imwithher #trustwomen #voted for my mother, my sister, my girlfriend and mostly for those who cannot pic.twitter.com/UnWFfRj7Db
— Baratunde (@baratunde) November 8, 2016
Let's make history. Vote. #WearWhiteToVote #imwithher pic.twitter.com/qj2ZkPH2kJ
— Crystal English (@crystale) November 8, 2016
Other voters were more playful with their election fashion, donning pantsuits to mirror Clinton’s signature style. In Clinton’s hometown of Chappaqua, N.Y., a flashmob of dancers in pantsuits held a surprise performance outside a train station on Tuesday.
my moms and I are #withher #WearWhiteToVote #pantsuitnation #VirWINia @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/vh0RrYBgfq
— e m i l y (@emmybreese) November 8, 2016
#pantsuitnation #ImWithHer A tiara is always appropriate. pic.twitter.com/Lx9Nq4IJDZ
— PB&J Lady (@PBJLady) November 8, 2016
Women have fought for decades for job equality. Today that glass ceiling may be shattered.#ImWithHer#PantSuitNation pic.twitter.com/h4azEVxdro
— Anne Wheaton (@AnneWheaton) November 8, 2016
Picking up my dear 99 year old Mother to #vote. Wearing my 39 yr old #pantsuit #pantsuitnation #ImWithHer #nastywomen pic.twitter.com/y14WArlkhB
— Yelton Manor B&B (@YMBBastepaway) November 8, 2016