BOSTON -- The nervous and excited atmosphere surrounding the Kerry campaign shows no signs of abating in Boston as election returns continue to stream in from across the country. Even those unable to access the main party for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in Copley Square are willing to stay on the outskirts of the party all night in order to be a part of the action.
"I'm very excited and I hope Kerry wins," said Heather Denny, libraries communications coordinator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "I think it's time for a change, I think it's going to be close."
Democrats on stage continue to express excitement about the turnout, which they hope will carry their candidate to victory.
"We should all be proud, 18- to 35-year-olds have turned out in greater waves than they've ever voted before," said Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr., a Penn alumnus.
"There are a record number of people coming out to the polls," Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe said.
But it isn't just Americans who are in Copley Square and concerned about the outcome of the election.
Sonia Hood and Debora Doyle are tourists from Britain who stopped by to watch as the night unfolds.
"We happened to be in Boston and we feel it's something that we have to go to," Hood said. "We're obviously concerned with what happens here because it has a knock-on effect in Britain," Doyle said. "We're ready for a change at home."
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