Reaction to Obama's Re-Election

Americans reacted with joy and tears to election results.

Four More Years - Across the country, Americans reacted with joy, tears, sadness and elation to President Obama's re-election win and Mitt Romney's loss. Let's take a look. A woman is overcome with emotion as she and other Democratic supporters celebrate the results of the election in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the battleground state of Ohio. (Photo: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Four More Years - Across the country, Americans reacted with joy, tears, sadness and elation to President Obama's re-election win and Mitt Romney's loss. Let's take a look. A woman is overcome with emotion as she and other Democratic supporters celebrate the results of the election in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the battleground state of Ohio. (Photo: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Party at the White House - People celebrate in front of the White House.(Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

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Party at the White House - People celebrate in front of the White House.(Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Dejected - A supporter waits for Romney to concede his candidacy at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Dejected - A supporter waits for Romney to concede his candidacy at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A Lightbulb Moment - Instead of holding a candle, an Obama supporter holds up a battery-operated lightbulb as he celebrated the president's win at the White House. (Photo: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Lightbulb Moment - Instead of holding a candle, an Obama supporter holds up a battery-operated lightbulb as he celebrated the president's win at the White House. (Photo: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Sorry, Mitt - Nancy French is clearly disappointed when she sees the election results during Mitt Romney's campaign election night rally in Boston. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Sorry, Mitt - Nancy French is clearly disappointed when she sees the election results during Mitt Romney's campaign election night rally in Boston. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Adoring Fans - Even a cardboard cutout of the president draws lots of fans. (Photo:  MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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Adoring Fans - Even a cardboard cutout of the president draws lots of fans. (Photo:  MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Photo By Photo:  MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images

Tears - A woman wipes away tears during Romney's concession speech. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Tears - A woman wipes away tears during Romney's concession speech. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A Real Nail-Biter - Obama supporters react to election results. (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Real Nail-Biter - Obama supporters react to election results. (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Times Square Goes Wild for Obama - (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Times Square Goes Wild for Obama - (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Hope - Supporters hold up the iconic Hope poster from the 2008 election. (Photo: Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call)

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Hope - Supporters hold up the iconic Hope poster from the 2008 election. (Photo: Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call)

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St. Louis Rocks - A voter in St. Louis, Missouri, is very happy with the results.  (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

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St. Louis Rocks - A voter in St. Louis, Missouri, is very happy with the results.  (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)

Snake Eyes in Vegas - A Romney supporter in Las Vegas is having a hard time with the bad news.(Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

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Snake Eyes in Vegas - A Romney supporter in Las Vegas is having a hard time with the bad news.(Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

Harvard Accepts Record Number of African-Americans - More African-American students were accepted into Harvard than ever before in 2014. Out of of 2,023 students accepted from a pool of 34,395 applicants for the class of 2018, 170 students were Black. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Oh Happy Day - Though they were residents of Romney's home state of Massachusetts, these students at Harvard University in Cambridge were squarely in Obama's corner. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)