People are posting hilarious before and after memes of Election Day 2016 vs. 2017

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Scenes from election night 2016.

A year after President Donald Trump's electoral upset that shocked the world, Democrats won big in several gubernatorial and local races on Tuesday.

While many were quick to point out how different the stakes were going into the elections and how differently they turned out, perhaps nothing captured this sentiment as well as the before-and-after memes people have been sharing.

Here eight of the best ones: