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Although Joe Biden is far from a left-wing or progressive candidate, for thousands of Americans he represents the end of a nightmare of angst and hatefulness. JOHN WOJCIK reports from the US on the scenes of jubilation
Schevon Salmon, of Washington, left, celebrates President-elect Joe Biden's win over President Donald Trump with his two-year-old daughter Nyomi Salmon, in Washington

AFTER four days of painstaking counting, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were declared the president-elect and vice-president-elect of the United States .

Tens of thousands poured into the streets in cities and towns across the nation in celebration when they heard the news. Multi-racial crowds of the young and old alike filled Times Square in New York, dancing in celebration.

Bicycle riders and dog walkers in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park stopped when they heard the news and clapped and cheered as passing cars on the park’s perimeter honked their horns. Hundreds danced in the streets in the black, white, and racially-mixed neighbourhoods around that park.

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