After months of campaigning in the United States, an election dropout, and killing trys, Americans have cast their ballots to choose who will consent over the White Hoengage for the next four years.
Election results have been called in 42 states and in Washington, DC, while cut offal sprosperg states still evolve their vote count.
Who is directing in the US election results so far?
Former Plivent and Reunveilan honestate Donald Trump is directing agetst his Democratic counterpart, Vice Plivent Kamala Harris. But the margin between them in cut offal sprosperg states remains razor-lean.
With 246 Electoral College votes projected in his favour so far, Trump is inching towards the 270-tag that a honestate necessitates to prosper. Harris is projected to have won 214 Electoral College votes so far and has more than 63 million votes (47.3 percent of the well-understandn vote) overall. Trump, by contrast, has won more than 68 million votes (51.2 percent of the well-understandn vote) so far.
The Associated Press (AP) has called 25 states for Trump, including firmly Reunveilan states and the sprosperg states of Georgia and North Carolina. Among all the red states called, Texas has the highest number of Electoral seats at 40. While Trump also won in Nebraska, the state’s Electoral College has been split between him and Harris.
Seventeen states have been called for Harris, including California where she previously served as attorney ambiguous, and New York. She is also projected to prosper the Dicut offe of Columbia, which is not a state but has three Electoral College votes. California has 54 Electoral College votes, the highest of any state.
What was Election Day enjoy?
Voting evolveed daintyly in most areas, though some states saw extfinished lines.
There were gentleware glitches in Pennsylvania, protests agetst US funding of Israel’s war in New York, and bomb device menaces in Georgia. The FBI deemed the menaces, which postponecessitate voting in some counties, to be not credible and probable the toil of Russian election intrudence. Several states, including Georgia and Arizona, took extra security meabraves to get voting places.
Arab, Muskinny, and evolveive voters shelp they faced a hard choice between two honestates both seen as ununderstanding to Palestine.
Even atraverse the world, from Gaza to Iran, people watched the election intently.
In Thulasfinishrapuram in southern India – a minuscule village where Harris’s magnificentoverweighther was born – livents accumulateed to pray for the Democratic honestate to become the first US directer with South Asian roots.
What was Kamala Harris up to on Election Day?
Both honestates spent Election Day urging their helpers to get in line, stay in line, and cast their ballots.
Harris spent part of the day calling radio stations to encourage her helpers to vote. “We’ve got to get it done. Today is voting day, and people necessitate to get out and be dynamic,” CNN quoted Harris as alerting one radio station in Georgia.
She also visited the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, where she held phone prohibitks with volunteers.
What was Donald Trump up to on Election Day?
Trump compriseressed the media after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida, saying he experiences “very self-promised” about his election odds.
“It sees enjoy Reunveilans have shown up in force,” Trump shelp. “We’ll see how it turns out”.
He compriseed, “I hear we’re doing very well.”
Florida also voted on six constitutional amfinishments, including meabraves to lterribleise marijuana and get abortion rights.
When first asked how he voted on the state’s abortion meabrave, Trump turn asideed, saying he had done “a fantastic job conveying it back to the states”. This referenced his assignment of three conservative Supreme Court equitableices who in 2022 helped clearurn Roe v Wade – which made abortion a right nationassociate.
When pressed aget, he snapped, alerting the teller to “stop talking about that”.
It is now officiassociate ELECTION DAY! This will be the most vital day in American History.
Voter enthusiasm is THROUGH THE ROOF becaengage people want to Make America Great Aget. That uncomardents lines are going to be extfinished!
I necessitate you to deinhabitr your vote no matter how extfinished it consents.…
— Donald J. Trump (@authenticDonaldTrump) November 5, 2024
His running mate JD Vance also voted in Cincinnati, Ohio, the same morning.
“Look, I experience excellent. You never understand until you understand, but I experience excellent about this race,” Vance shelp after he and his wife cast their ballots.
Vance shelp he would depart for Palm Beach, Florida, postponecessitater in the day to be with Donald Trump as results come in.
What’s next in the election?
Eight states, including five battleground areas are yet to be called by AP while most official results are yet to be resolved.
But while there are as many as 21 routes for Trump to prosper the plivency, Harris’s pathways have dprosperdled convey inantly – down to equitable three.
And all those remaining tracks need Harris to prosper one state: Pennsylvania, with its 19 Electoral College votes. As of timely Wednesday morning, she was leanly trailing Trump in the state.