Election 2024 live updates: Latest results as Trump and Harris go head to head in crucial battleground states
Polls begin to close as America awaits results from battleground states
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Your support makes all the difference.The first polls have closed as Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump conclude their campaigns for the White House. Florida has been called for Trump and New York for Harris, while key battleground swing states Pennsylvania and Georgia are still being counted.
Voting will conclude in three more states — Nevada, Montana, and Utah — at 10pm ET.
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.”
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In a purple county in Pennsylvania, residents say ‘it’s been insane’ as they go out to vote
A purple county in the middle of a swing state may be a dream for presidential candidates, but the reality of being a campaign’s most desired item — a possibly undecided voter! — is a nightmare for the residents of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Voters here are hammered by political ads from all sides, and many are happy it will finally come to an end on Tuesday.
“It’s been insane,” says Wendy Hanley, a 49-year-old resident of Bensalem, as she leaves a polling place at a high school in the town. “That’s all we get in the mail. Phone calls, texts, TV.”
“People are coming to our door constantly,” she adds.
In a purple county in Pennsylvania on Election Day, voters say ‘it’s been insane’
Richard Hall reports from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dubbed ‘the swingiest of all swing counties in the swingiest of all swing states’
Live: 2024 US election results map as Trump and Harris go head-to-head for presidency
Watch live as a US presidential election map animates states turning red or blue as each is called for either the Democrats or Republicans on Tuesday, 5 November.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris made their final pitches to voters on Monday before voters went to the polls.
As election workers count the ballots and voting data is released, media outlets will begin to call states in favor of either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump this evening. While outlets will likely call the final result in the days or week(s) after 5 November, their determination is only ever a projection. The election will be officially certified on 6 January by Congress.
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.
The Republican 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.
The Democrat was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
At midnight, the first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire – a tradition going back almost 65 years.
In Florida, Trumpworld figures project confidence in public — and worry in private
Allies and friends of former president Donald Trump are publicly projecting confidence, despite signs that his campaign hasn’t brought out enough voters to give him the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump aides began trickling in to the West Palm Beach, Florida hotel next to the convention center where the campaign’s watch party is to take place, starting around early afternoon.
One of Trump’s closest and longest-serving confidantes, social media guru and senior adviser Dan Scavino, told The Independent that things were “looking good” when asked for his read on what verdict voters would render once the votes are all counted.
In Florida, Trumpworld figures are confident in public — and worried in private
Andrew Feinberg reports from West Palm Beach, where the Trump-Vance election night watch party is about to begin nearby
Man ‘smelling of fuel’ and carrying flare gun arrested at US Capitol on Election Day
Police have arrested a man who smelled of fuel and was carrying a flare gun into the US Capitol on Election Day.
The 28-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon as he entered the building through the Capitol Visitor Center. He had a torch, flare gun and lighter in his jacket as he tried to enter.
“Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC),” the US Capitol Police wrote in a statement. “The man smelled like fuel, had a torch & a flare gun.”
Man ‘smelling of fuel’ and carrying flare gun arrested at US Capitol on Election Day
The man reportedly had a manifesto that discussed ‘the war in the Middle East’
RFK Jr. begs his supporters not to vote for him as he remains on swing state ballots
In his final push to help get Donald Trump elected, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pleading with his supporters not to vote for him.
RFK Jr remains a threat to the Republican candidate’s chances because he remains on the ballot Wisconsin and Michigan despite pleading with authorities to remove him when he backed Trump. Given how close the election is expected to be in swing states, every vote counts - even ones cast for the former independent Kennedy.
“Don’t vote for me. If you want to see me in Washington, DC, VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X on Tuesday, hours before polls closed around the United States.
RFK Jr. begs his supporters not to vote for him as he remains on swing state ballots
Kennedy and Trump have pushed messages on social media asking supporters to not vote for Kennedy
How to understand exit polls on Election Night
This Election Day, voters will be monitoring their TVs, laptops and phones as results of this year’s presidential and congressional elections pour in.
With just days left until November 5, the latest polls show 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.
Here’s everything you need to know about who conducts them and how to understand them.
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
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.
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