we should stop looking around who said what and why, it is very sad and dangers times for our country, the Americans who loves their country wanted Trump's people will loose, again this is not Democrats against Republicans but real Americans against Trump and his gang, so it mean if the yesterday was the election for presidency , Trump was elected again, this is not excaptable , he is against every think what America stands for, so people like me , we must work harder and find new faces to run for 2020 election, Hillary's email or Trump tax return or Clinton and Trump love life is not the isse but where we are going is, because Trump he does not now where he is going himself so what he can do for America, NOTHING , god saves us

I don't use emojis. What do these emojis mean anyway. Is the green one from Roswell?

Can we get more childish and trivial? Or perhaps this is revealing of what we have become, with a significant number of adults wishing for politics and government that makes them feel happy and safe. How long before we vote with emojis?

I thought I would feel more elated about the house wins. Maybe some feeling of relief/excitement will come tomorrow. But right now I am consumed by grief. Things just turned more bleak for Florida, if that's even possible after the disastrous reign of Rick Scott, one of the most corrupt politicians known to mankind. Florida deserves better than another Republican governor, and certainly better than a miniature Trump. DeSantis is a worthless individual who will run what is left of Florida's wildlife and coastline into the ground, period. And nobody will care until 2020 when all the Democrats will suddenly wake up to the fact that Florida is a swing state. We are on our own down here. We have no friends in Washington. This is all completely disgusting. What is also troubling is the fact that races are called when barely 20% of the votes are in. Don't tell people every vote counts and then promptly neglect to count every vote. In addition, vvoter repression was in full display, as well as machines that are so ancient that they malfunction, and machines so ripe for rigging they lack paper ballots to double-check the votes. The bottom line is this: When an election is so close that it is within the margin of error, recounting the votes is in order. But one by one, the new democratic superstars conceded to the supposed winner. Why so fast? Think Al Franken who won by recount. Stop playing nice when your opponents are bullies and capable of anything.

This election confirms that we are about the begin a full-blown civil war. The Trumpists will not accept the legitimacy of this election. They will become even more deeply right and more vengeful. First, they will root out those who don't fully accept their blood and soil ideology which is powered by hate and fear. We are now Balkanized. The American dream is dead.

I tire of language like "the country is so divided" and "we need to re-unite." We are united as states into one country--and we're united around our board ideals. But we've always been a country of competing tensions, since long before the Constitution through today. It's what makes American America. Otherwise, we'd be Cuba.

So it really did not turn out to be a Referendum on Trump but, as has said long ago, most Politics is local. One must wonder how the Political Biases of the New York Times Editors/Reporters led them to believe that Florida would go Democratic, Cruz would lose in Texas and Abrams would win in Georgia. Evidently the vast majority of Americans do not see Trump as an Absolute Threat to the Republic, nor as Inherently Racist and certainly not as a Fascist. Perhaps the new women members of Congress can reach across the aisles and help re-unite our country.

There's nothing quite like gallows humor while you're awaiting the hangman.

I hate to sound like a churl, but this is not "News." This is what I expect from Buzzfeed, or Uproxx, or some other purveyor of sub-literacy. I DO NOT CARE how people *feel* about the election; I want numbers, results, reporting about voting suppression and post-election chicanery. This? This is solipsism with a 'fun, interactive' component, and it breaks my heart to see the Times doing this; I thought Ross Douthat and Maureen Dowd were the lowest this paper could go ...

When I took the midterms back in college, I got all A's. I feel pretty good.

Have heard reports of massive turnouts today, even though we've had a serious and steady downpours. All in all I'm hopeful -- but then again, this is a seriously Blue city in a basically Blue state...Keeping the candles burning for the rest of the country. No emoji for that.

I am sad because our mailman who previously told us he was a Democrat said today that he voted for Brian Kemp because Stacey Abrams was going to take away his guns.

Emojis? Seriously? Our founding fathers (and mothers) would be weeping to see that we've come to this.

Angry, because of all the lying that my republican rep (WA 3) has done in her attempt to win re-election.

This is really great - informative, interesting and counter-intuitive all at the same time. The live polling was really interesting as well.

As a relative of mine used to say all the time "I feel with my hands". Being overly emotional is bad for your health and your country. Our government will be just fine no matter the outcome. Now more progress could be made if both sides focused on improvement rather than politics, but that is a foolish wish.

Two newly minted citizens were having a stranger take their picture with their "I Voted" stickers. An up-vote for democracy! Major turn out in my small town (not voting in Cambridge), parking lot full, despite early voting. Still my emoji was "afraid" as the outcome and the next two years loom over my SocSec, my Medicare and all the GOP can do to damage the country and the ecosystem.

Love this

This is the most informative thing I've seen on NYT in a while.

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” --- H.L. Mencken For normal Americans interested in rescuing their country, if not tomorrow, when?

Very clever map, even a bit mesmerising. If I could vote on it I'd be part of the scared majority. The thing is, though, different parts of the political spectrum are afraid of different things, even vastly different things. But facebook style opinion classification doesn't allow nuance.

Too bad the map relies on geolocation using the IP address - WRT to Alaska, there are large discrepancies. A large part of Alaska will show up as in the Seattle area because of the way the Internet is provided to Alaskans. Nice concept, though.

This is fascinating. I feel like u shouldn't be aloud to "re-tape"

You didn't add a nauseous emoji--need that.

Saw two new voters in my brief wait at my polling place (South Boston). Lots of help, easy to do, no line. I'm in the majority, afraid. Sorry, but this is a disaster in the making, and even if Democrats gain the House, it's not nearly enough. If we want to stay on our once-hospitable earth, we're going to have to work together to solve problems. We're going to have to stop blaming victims. We're going to have to learn tolerance. And facts matter. The alternative to the truth is a lie. Lies don't work. The planet has the only seat at the table, and it bats 1000. Time to pay attention and stop hurting and hating each other. Time to get together to solve problems. End of story. ps. Wish NYTImes would show percentages, like it did when I chose my emoji.

I feel neither neutral nor (yet) happy, so much as hopeful and determined. My vote went through without issue or Kobachian interference, fortunately. Laughing? Probably not the time for that. Some third-party voters are laughing at the big parties and who they fielded, I suppose. Those with the negative emotions, though...can't blame you.

Determined, energized. Can you add an emoji, between neutral and happy?

This is fun! Sort of like a 'puter game for adults that read the NYT! I just put a whole bunch of smiley emojis!!

I find this map fascinating too, but I wish the various emoji's were summed in real time as they were chosen. It looks like fear followed by neutral are the most prevalent ones chosen. Might be even more interesting if it was tallied by state as well.

My precinct said they've had a steady stream of voters all day; that there have been more voters than last time and that they've seen first time voters. All good news. And get this. It's raining. So grab your umbrella and vote!

This map is fascinating to me.. There are many states where it seems not even one person has responded to this... I don't have great map skills, but I'd bet you I could pick out cities like Denver and Austin easily from where people are responding. I guess this reflects NYtimes readership....

We voted in early elections, we went to Alabama and Texas to help get out the vote. WE did all that we could do and now its up to the American people to choose the path they want to follow. I know my fellow Americans are going to choose the path for DEMOCRACY. At the end of the day we are Americans not Russians, not right wing Germans. We fear no one and no one is going to put kids in cages, fire on human beings and be a mouth piece for hate.We have a chance to leave this madness behind and stand up for Democracy.

I've voted for decades, and I can't say as I've ever experienced a midterm election with so much fanfare. If nothing else, it's at least a vote for democracy. That said, I chose the "worried" emoji...

I picked the purple one because whatever happens I know I can't feel any worse than I did the day after Election Day 2 years ago.

I feel none of these. Instead, I am anxiously hopeful that the Trump-Repub nightmare we have been living in will partially come to an end after today. BTW, the color codes on your emoticons don't make much sense. Would be better to use an divergent emoticon scale with a divergent gradient color palette. Or perhaps categorical emoticons that none-the-less express some kind of positive or negative emotion so you could still use a more meaningful color scheme.

The poll on my block has been jammed this morning. I am most worried about the governers race in Georgia,seeing that Kemp will stoop as low as possible to carry the vote.

I voted for Peace, Unity, Decency, and Heathcare for all. Of course I voted 100% Democratic. I hope our country can come together and Vote Blue too.

It all makes me feel so sad. I'm split on to who actually takes the House and Senate tonight - could go either way. But mostly I'm just so sad that, even if Dems sweep everything, an almost-majority of voters is so, so angry -- and at what? A good economy? Equal rights for marginalized groups? Progressive views towards women? The progresses of the last 10 years have such little impact on the people so angry about them -- they cost nothing, the economy is still good, most of these voters have little interaction with these marginalized groups. Why are they so, so angry for all these things that we Dem voters thought were wonderful advancements?