US election 2020: How Biden fans think nation

Minutes after Joe Biden had been declared the next president of the United States, people in Washington, DC began to flood the streets.

Streams of people - banging pans, honking horns, clutching signs - moved to the city's Black Lives Matter Plaza, swarming the barricaded border of the White House to celebrate.

For hours after the announcement, masked Biden supporters remained to cheer, dance and sing.

"Everyone is just joyous," said DC resident Andrew Jackson, dressed in a shirt covered with photos of Kamala Harris, now the vice-president-elect. "Look at the atmosphere, it's crazy."

The collective jubilation makes sense here: 93% of voters in Washington this year cast their ballot for the Democratic ticket.