A SICKENING video showing a man being battered by a pair of youths because he voted for Donald Trump has emerged online.

A woman is heard shouting "he voted Trump" as the men mercilessly lay into him.

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The attacker punches the older man to the floor

The victim, who is white, is repeatedly punched and kicked by a pair of black men as he lies cowering on the floor.

He attempts to escape in his car before being dragged along the road as one of the men steals his car.

Twitter users were horrified at the video, said to have been filmed in Chicago.

One said: "This is mental. Violence over politics is terrorism."

America has seen an explosion of rage since Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

Cops fired tear gas at crowds of furious protesters, rioters smashed up and torched cop cars and buildings.

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8 The younger man kicks the victim on the floor

Angry pro-Clinton supporters refused to accept the controversial Republican's shock election win, sparking violent demonstrations in cities throughout the US.

In New York, thousands thronged the streets of Manhattan while hundreds gathered at a nearby park screaming "Not my president!"

It's not photoshopped. This is happening in San Francisco right now, the day after @realDonaldTrump was elected president. pic.twitter.com/ghYBWm5D60 — Michael Bodley (@michael_bodley) November 9, 2016

8 An effigy of Trump is burned in downtown Oakland, California Credit: Splash News

8 A police vehicle was set on fire in Oakland, California Credit: Getty Images

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A protester torches a Trump effigy in Oakland as protests erupted throughout America

8 A police officer aims a launcher after demonstrators threw projectiles toward a line of officers Credit: Reuters

8 A suspected vandal is arrested Credit: Splash News

8 A protester wearing an American flag faces police Credit: Getty Images

Several hundred people flooded on to one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles causing a miles-long traffic backup in protest of the presidential election of Donald Trump.

The protesters, who had remained peaceful and not overly disruptive for most of the night, poured on to U.S. 101, which links downtown LA to Hollywood and stayed there for most of an hour. Drivers sat and waited. Many got out of their cars.