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Confident? They even shut down election broadcasts on television to highlight the YMCA.

This is MAGA music to celebrate, and to them it feels right.

Donald Trump supporters attend the Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is Trump’s viewing party, well-dressed and well-attended.

A crowd of several hundred people is here and growing.

They said they would win and they started to feel it.

In a hall the size of two football fields, they watched broadcasts on large TV screens, cheering every time the figures fell in front of them.

Tight races in places where they shouldn’t be (e.g. Virginia) fuel the belief that tonight is their night.

Donald Trump himself will appear here to give a speech at some point in the evening. Regardless of the photo from polling stations, there was a lot of talk of him declaring victory. He may have results to play for when he comes here.

Their advisors say their mood has changed from “cautiously optimistic” to “optimistic.”

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is flying to Mar-a-Lago tonight; This is a sign that will take the victory talk beyond hyperbole.

A senior Trump adviser suggested that Trump is currently in talks with campaign aides about coming to West Palm Beach to give his speech. If the data continues in this direction, we can expect it earlier, potentially before midnight.

Another aide told NBC they hope the states of North Carolina and Georgia will be called soon. If the numbers in Pennsylvania look good for Trump to advance into the morning, his team’s view is that this will provide a good basis for him to “close out the night.”