U.S. election day: Canadians prepare for outcome [Video]

Washington –

Americans anxiously watched as the results of Tuesday’s election rolled in, revealing a deeply divided United States as a handful of critical battleground states were still being counted late into the night.

Former president Donald Trump took the battleground state of North Carolina, sending a warning signal to Democrats still holding hope that Vice-President Kamala Harris could still take Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

“If you had asked me earlier I would have said cautiously optimistic .I think seeing the numbers come in, I am feeling more trepidation,” said Alessia Stewart at a watch party in Washington where disappointment echoed through the room each time Trump showed gains. “But still trying to hold on to some optimism.”