Washington DC is gearing up for potential chaos following Election Day as authorities assembled barriers around government buildings – including the vice president’s residence – and business owners boarded up storefronts over the weekend.

The White House has been barricaded and restaurants and stores boarded up as tensions continue to grow over the US election.

New images show stores all over the nation's capital boarded up in preparation for civil unrest come Election Day. Officials are said to be prepared for any and all threats, noting it is a “fluid, unpredictable security environment,

Washington DC on high alert, famous landmarks and businesses being guarded against a potential riot like situation