--- title: Donald Trump: Candidate And Eric Trump Look at Wives Voting description: Donald Trump and his son, Eric, had wandering eyes at the voting booths on Election Day. canonical: https://time.com/4562846/donald-trump-eric-trump-election-day/ author: Andrew Katz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-08T20:19:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:55.923Z article:section: Politics og:title: Like Father Like Son? 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REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Carlo Allegri—Reuters  by [Andrew Katz](https://time.com/author/andrew-katz/)  ## Andrew Katz Nov 8, 2016 8:19 PM UTC It’s an exciting day for the Trump family. And like millions of Americans, members of Republican nominee [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4562873/donald-trump-campaign-sues-nevada/)‘s family visited their respective polling places to [cast their ballots](http://time.com/4562588/donate-pizza-voters/) for their father, husband or father-in-law. But two photos from their outings on [Election Day](http://time.com/4562291/what-to-read-on-election-day/) caused a stir. Photographers at the yellow-walled high school gymnasium where Trump voted, PS-59 in New York, caught the presidential nominee in an awkward scene that appears to show him looking at the ballot box that his wife, [Melania](http://time.com/4559559/melania-trump-model-us-work-visa/), is standing at as she looks down to fill out her ballot. Footage from this scene aired on CNN. “Trust but verify,” [joked](https://twitter.com/Kantrowitz/status/796037664361369601) a BuzzFeed reporter on Twitter who shared a screenshot. A [slew of other tweets](https://twitter.com/search?q=trump%20melania&src=typd) mused that Melania was voting for Clinton.  Eric Trump, son of of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, looks at his wife Lara's voting booth at the 53rd Street Library in New York, on Nov. 8, 2016. Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images Photographers at the 53rd Street Library also caught Eric Trump, one of Trump’s children, in a similar position as his wife, Lara, voted in her booth. Afterward, Eric Trump, in a bid to celebrate the day, tweeted and deleted a ballot box selfie showing his vote for his father. 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