In every election, someone's victory party is abruptly cancelled.

Following election results, the team behind Hillary Clinton's victory rally at New York City's Javits Center had the somber task of packing up all the fun stuff and putting it away.

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Confetti, already loaded into several cannons for a positive outcome, was scooped back into boxes.

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Confetti being put back into boxes tonight at Javits Center, scene for what was supposed to be @HillaryClinton's victory party pic.twitter.com/hi30Ly8rJf

— Jessica Hopper (@jesshop23) November 9, 2016

The confetti cannons themselves were disassembled as Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta sent the audience home.

Full confetti cannons at Clinton's NYC election night party. pic.twitter.com/41CpjIIHLN

— Danny Freeman (@DannyEFreeman) November 9, 2016

Workers at Clinton HQ are disassembling the confetti cannons that did not get used tonight pic.twitter.com/IuzKVPVX2U

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) November 9, 2016

Images from wire services revealed workers dismantling the rest of the setup well into the morning hours.

epaselect epa05623697 Media and workers begin rapidly tearing down after Hillary Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta asked everyone to head home as they wait for votes to continue to be counted at Hillary Clinton's 2016 US presidential Election Night event watch results come in on a big screen at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, New York, USA, 08 November 2016. Americans vote on Election Day to choose the 45th President of the United States of America to serve from 2017 through 2020. EPA/PETER FOLEY Credit: EPA

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