By Iman Floyd-Carroll November 3, 2020

Election Day, New York City

Shakeem (identified by first name only) and Aalia Cox leave the polls at Times Square proudly sporting “I Voted” stickers. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
COVID-19 continues to devastate the U.S. and has claimed the lives of 233,000 individuals as of Nov. 3. A flyer with a tribute to Dr. Fauci – Truth Matters adorns a wall. (Iman Floyd- Carroll/Peninsula Press)
A caricature of President Trump joins the gaggle of characters, both fictional and otherwise, attracting the eyes of passers-by in Times Square on Nov. 3. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
Street art in SoHo exhorts the public to acknowledge the “early warning signs of fascism.” (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
A billboard in Times Square encourages pedestrians to cast their vote on Election Day. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
Workers board up the Ted Baker storefront located in SoHo, Manhattan in anticipation of possible post-election incidents of looting. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
Dara Tsoroni, a NYC local and immigration lawyer proudly exits the polls after casting her ballot in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden at St. Luke’s School in the West Village. Dara Tsoroni reflects on how President Trump’s policies have impacted her work. “There were policies we could previously work around, but now the absolute most cruel option is always the reality.” (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
Socially distanced signs guide voters to the polls, a stark reminder of the COVID-19 pandemic that has dominated the 2020 election cycle. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
Signs direct voters to the poll center located at St. Luke’s School in the West Village. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)
A year marked by protest and civil unrest, NYC businesses boarded up commercial storefronts on Nov. 3, 2020 in anticipation of acts of looting as a result of a possible contentious election outcome. (Iman Floyd-Carroll/Peninsula Press)

As the U.S. copes with economic strife, a global pandemic, and the products of an ideologically divided nation, the 2020 election is a reminder that our nation’s political landscape has markedly shaped individuals’ everyday reality. In New York City, Election Day was unlike years previous. Eerily quiet, NYC residents acknowledged their reality through casting their ballots – and looked towards the future of the nation.

Editor’s note: Because of the pandemic, we will be featuring stories from our student journalists reporting from other parts of the country periodically.

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