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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump conclude 2024 campaigning as first exit polls arrive on election night
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Your support makes all the difference.American voters are heading to the polls on Election Day as Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump conclude their campaigns.
The economy and the state of US democracy are among the top issues cited by voters in NBC News’s exit poll, according to the preliminary results.
Thirty-five percent said democracy was their top issue while slightly fewer, 31 percent, said the economy. Abortion was the top issue for 14 percent of voters while 11 percent said immigration. Four percent said foreign policy was most important to them.
Meanwhile, Trump dismissed critics who expressed concerns that he would not concede an election loss as “crazy” as he cast his vote in Florida.
The former president told reporters as he voted with his wife Melania Trump: “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I’d be the first one to acknowledge it.”
Trump later declared that his supporters are “not violent people.”
The first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, at midnight on Monday – a tradition going back almost 65 years – with the town’s six registered voters split evenly between the two candidates.
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Trump vs Harris: Join the Independent Debate and tell us your US election predictions
Ahead of the polls closing, we’re asking you: Who do you think will win the election?
Can Kamala Harris break barriers as the first female president of the United States? Or will we see the unprecedented return of Donald Trump to the White House, even after his conviction for falsifying business records?
Where do you think the election will be won and lost? Do you think Harris will gain a decisive edge in swing states, or will Trump capitalise on his base’s turnout
Share your predictions here — we will highlight the most thoughtful insights.
Trump: ‘My supporters are not violent people’
Trump spoke to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida as he cast his ballot, saying that he doesn’t believe his supporters are “violent people.”
“I don't have to tell them that there'll be no violence. Of course, there'll be no violence,” Trump said. “My supporters are not violent people. I don't have to tell them that, and I certainly don't want any violence ... these are great people. These are people that believe in no violence.”
“Unlike your question, you believe in violence,” Trump told one of the reporters.
Why the election might come down to a Trump campaign meltdown in Pennsylvania — again
The chaotic final moments of the 2020 presidential election are etched into the memories of every American — especially if they come from Pennsylvania.
After days of counting ballots, lawsuits and protests in the crucial and deciding state, the Trump presidency came to an end in the parking lot of a landscaping company in an industrial suburb of Philadelphia, next to an adult book store, to the desperate cries of Rudy Giuliani.
This year’s race is set to be another nail-biter, and Pennsylvania is the most likely state to decide the result again. So should we expect to see a repeat of that debacle?
The short answer is: Maybe.
Why the election might come down to a Trump campaign meltdown in Pennsylvania — again
Richard Hall was on the scene in Pennsylvania when Rudy Giuliani gave his infamous speech outside a landscaping center and adult book store. Hall and Alex Woodward report on why it could happen all over again in 2024
Watch live: Donald Trump and Melania Trump cast votes in 2024 presidential election
Watch live as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania are expected to cast their vote in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, 5 November.
The former US president was pictured wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat as he entered the polling station.
American voters are heading to the polls on Election Day after Kamala Harris and Mr Trump made their final pitches on Monday, the last full day of campaigning.
The Republican former president chose to close out his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with personal attacks on Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff, as well as his own former White House chief of staff General John Kelly, who recently labelled him a “fascist”.
Trump, who received a last-minute endorsement from influential podcaster Joe Rogan, was late on stage and only finished speaking at 2.09am, looking exhausted.
The Democrat was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas, respectively.
In photos: JD Vance votes in Cincinnati, Ohio
VOICES: If the world’s biggest chancer – Nigel Farage – is warning Trump to go gracefully, we know he’s in trouble
I’m not completely convinced when I hear Nigel Farage say that Americans shouldn’t believe the polls and that he is “absolutely certain that Trump is going to win”. You shouldn’t be, either.
After all, four years ago, Farage publicly laid $10,000 on Trump beating Biden – and in the end (as Trump might put it) it wasn’t even close. Some 7 million votes decided that one.
Maybe something similar will happen this year… perhaps Farage, too, can feel things slipping away from Trump. How else to explain the world’s biggest chancer warning the man he so desperately admires that if “the result is clear and decisive” in Kamala Harris’ favour, he should “go and play golf at Turnberry”?
Nigel Farage says Trump should accept defeat if Harris wins...
.... for all his faults, the Reform UK leader has offered some sage advice to Trump, writes Sean O’Grady. But only time will tell if his ‘friend’ will listen
Harris calls into Atlanta radio show on Election Day
Vice President Kamala Harris called into an Atlanta radio station on Tuesday to urge Georgia voters to get out and vote.
“We’ve got to get it done. Today is voting day and people need to get out and be active,” she told listeners of V-103’s The Big Tigger Morning Show.
“I’ve just been so focused on the task in front of me, the reflection has only been about making sure that I’m responding to the needs of folks around the policies,” she added, according to CNN.
Harris said her Election Day focus will be “making sure everybody knows the power of their voice through their vote.”
When will exit polls be released?
This Election Day, voters will be monitoring their TVs, laptops and phones as results of this year’s presidential and congressional elections pour in.
Right up until Tuesday, the polls showed Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in their race for the White House. Meanwhile, Democrats are working to gain control of the House of Representatives as Republicans vie for a majority in the Senate.
Exit polls are a key indication of the potential results, as pollsters survey voters after they cast their ballots to determine who they backed and how they feel about certain issues.
Four major national news organizations — NBC News, ABC News, CBS News and CNN — participate in the National Election Pool.
They abide by a 5pm ET embargo, meaning the results won’t start to be released until then. Members of the National Election pool don’t report exit poll results that are indicative of a state’s winner until all polling centers have closed in that state.
How to understand exit polls on Election Night
Exit polls are one tool that media organizations use to help explain how a state’s electoral votes might swing, Katie Hawkinson reports
JD Vance ‘lost friends’ due to support and association with Donald Trump
JD Vance says he has lost friends over his support for Donald Trump in the US presidential election.
After casting his vote in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday (5 November) the former president’s 2024 running mate said some had “cast their friendship aside” which he saw as a “tragedy.”
Urging the public to “be kind,” Mr Vance declared he would not follow his friends’ example.
“Whether you’re voting for Donald Trump or voting for Kamala Harris, friends and family, that stuff is what really, really matters,” he added.
“We ought to treat each other with respect and fundamentally what we’re trying to do.”
Elon Musk and Joe Rogan tear into ‘psyop’ policy. It was actually rolled out by Trump
Elon Musk and Joe Rogan branded Operation Warp Speed a “crazy psyop” in an Election Day eve rant.
But, it turns out that the flagship Covid vaccine policy was actually rolled out by Donald Trump.
Rogan, who endorsed the Republican for president that day, hosted Trump ally Musk on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience on Election Day eve, with the pair speaking for almost three hours.
Musk and Joe Rogan tear into ‘psyop’ policy. It was actually rolled out by Trump
Rogan, who has endorsed Trump for president, hosted Musk on his podcast on Election Day eve
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