Crowds gathered at polling stations to watch each vote counted, and the three domestic television networks broadcast the results until five o'clock the next morning.
不僅是國外，國內情況也熱絡得很：選舉當天，選情透過三家電視台轉播，從夜裡播放到次日清晨五點多。是夜的燈火，比平時亮了許多，不少人硬撐到自己支持的候選人「大勢底定」才安心去睡。開票場所更是擠滿關心選情的民眾，一雙雙大眼睛緊張地盯著一張張開出的選票。