Election Day 2016: Long Lines at Polling Stations Reported Across Long Island

Election Day is finally here, and Long Islanders are eager to vote if lines at polling stations across the region are any indication.

Polls close at 9 p.m., but thousands of locals raced to the polls early Tuesday to cast their ballots. And many of them found long lines.

At John P. McKenna Elementary in Massapequa Park Tuesday morning, there were a couple dozen people in line. Among them was Jennifer Jennings, of Massapequa Park, who wore a Donald Trump pin while voting with her two children, ages 7 months and 5 years old. She said she was much more into this election than the ones in the past.

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"I feel like with Hillary [Clinton], we're going to get the same eight years that we just had," Jennings told Patch. "We're looking for a change, the same change we were looking for from Obama that we never got."

Jennings says she's a big fan of Trump. "A lot of what he says, I feel like, are what people say behind closed doors, and he speaks real. Sometimes he sticks his foot in his mouth, but when it comes down to it, with terrorism, ISIS, borders, immigration and Syria, I just agree with a lot of what he stands for."

A Massapequa Park resident who wished to be unnamed dressed his two children in clothing fitting for the occasion. He wouldn't say who he voted for, but he said the election consisted of "two terrible candidates who don't represent me."

He said he is happy the election will soon be over and wants to move on with his life now.

Angela Drinkwater, of Greenport, voted for Clinton.

"I can’t help but feel a glow in my heart at the prospect of a woman becoming president," Drinkwater told Patch. "Especially in an electoral battle against a 'man' I think is the epitome of all that is wrong with the world, including toward women."

At Division Avenue High School in Levittown, 59-year-old Karen Santangelo said this election "has been brutal. But it’s been the direction of American politics since 2004."

Santangelo voted for Clinton.

"I do trust the results, and I’ll be looking at real estate in Cape Breton, Canada [if Hillary loses]," she said.

Back in Massapequa Park, 20-year-old Stephen Marty walked into the polling place chanting "Vote Trump, vote Trump."

"I love Trump, and I don't like Hillary," Marty said. When asked why he doesn't like Clinton, the Farmingdale State College student said "we're not supposed to have a girl running the country, so I don't think it's going to work out very well. And she's also, like, dying. She's going to die soon enough. She's pretty old."

Clinton is a year younger than Trump.

Photo: Stephen Marty voted for Donald Trump on Tuesday.

There haven't been any major issues reported at the polls on Long Island so far.

There was a 5-minute power outage at Massapequa High School as polling booths opened this morning, according to Newsday.

At Abbey Lane School in Levittown, Kevin Deegan told Patch he watched a person cast a ballot without first signing in.

Trump exercised his civic duty Tuesday morning and voted at his polling place in Midtown Manhattan. He was greeted by some lusty boos from bystanders (see the video here).

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, voted in their hometown of Chappaqua, New York, Tuesday after wrapping up campaign stops in Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday night.

If you haven't voted yet, you can find your polling place by searching here.

Photos by Paige McAtee