By Katelyn Caralle, Senior Political Reporter and Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter and Jamie Bullen and Emily Goodin and Jon Raasch Published: 07:04 EST, 5 November 2024 | Updated: 18:38 EST, 5 November 2024 Advertisement

The first polls in the 2024 presidential election have closed in what could be the closest race in history. Polling stations in Indiana and Kentucky were the first to stop taking ballots at 6pm Eastern Time, as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris wait for the results. The AP exit poll provided a telling initial snapshot. It revealed a key demographic shift in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where 83 percent of voters were white, up from 81 percent in 2020.An NBC exit poll found 51 percent of voters trust Trump on the economy, compared to 47 per cent for Harris. 72 percent of voters said they were ‘angry’ or ‘dissatisfied’ with the state of the nation in a bad sign for the vice president.Earlier, technical issues hit Indiana and crucial swing state Pennsylvania, where voting hours in Cambria County were extended after a software malfunction.In Georgia, the secretary of state said non-credible threats originating from Russia briefly disrupted voting at two polling sites. And the FBI confirmed threats made by ‘Russian domains’ occurred in several other states.All eyes are on the seven critical swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan and Nevada.Follow all the developments in our live blog.Watch: Election Night live streamVotes are now being counted to decide whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will win the race for the White House.Keep track of the results in full state-by-state as and when they come in with updating graphics here.Watch our Election Night live stream below:Georgia Secretary of State says around 10 locations remain open past closing time due to previous threat-induced closuresBy Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says that at least around 10 polling locations will stay open later.These locations had voting disrupted due to threats that were quickly resolved. ‘It’s probably in that 10 number, plus or minus,’ he said of the impacted polling locations.DeKalb County near Atlanta says five locations were evacuated due to bomb threats. Another in Fulton County was evacuated earlier this morning.The FBI and Raffensperger have said that they are investigating the occurrences.The Secretary of State said earlier that Russians are involved.’Once each location is cleared, voters will be able to re-enter the facility and cast their ballots,’ officials wrote in a news release. There were seven locations in total that have been impacted by non-credible bomb threats in Georgia on Election Day. As polls start to close and the 2024 election heats up, Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a race that could come down to just a few thousand votes in seven battleground states.With the polls indicating one of the closest elections in history, there’s a question over whether either major party presidential hopeful will reach the necessary 270 Electoral College votes to win the November 5 election outright. Each candidate needs to find a path to victory that inevitably winds through crucial swing states – where they’re currently within the polling margin of error.But even then, there is a scenario where the election results in neither candidate winning the required majority in the Electoral College and could tie 269-269.So what then? Well, it has happened before…Rep. Thomas Massie wins reelection in uncontested Kentucky raceLarry Hogan says he didn’t vote in the U.S. presidential electionKatelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political ReporterLarry Hogan said he opted not to vote in the presidential election when he cast his 2024 ballot on Tuesday.The former Maryland Governor, who is running in the Senate race in the state, said he wrote in the names of other Republicans the last two times Trump was on the ballot in 2016 and 2020.’I’ve said all along that I would never vote for somebody I don’t believe in, and I think a lot of people respect that decision,’ Hogan told the Baltimore Banner.Swing state Nevada voters overwhelmingly say Democracy is ‘threatened’According to NBC’s exit poll, 72% of voters in swing state Nevada say that Democracy is threatened. Only 26% of respondents disagreed. Exit polls are the only surveys conducted entirely of voters who have already cast their ballots in the election.It gives voters and news organizations a better sense of what is happening on the ground with voters on Election Day and in early voting as the results come in.Jill Biden makes bold statement with voting outfit’Tonight, the president and First Lady will watch election results in the White House residence with longtime aides and senior White House staff,’ a White House official said in a statement.J.D. Vance arrives with wife Usha and kids at Trump’s Election Night watch party in FloridaTrump watch party starts to get going in West Palm BeachRob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in West Palm Beach, FloridaThe first supporters are beginning to trickle into the Palm Beach County Convention Center for a Trump watch party.Trump himself spent the day holding get-out-the-vote phone rallies, before some ‘executive time,’ and is expected to watch the results this evening from his Mar-a-Lago estate with select guests, including his new best buddy Elon Musk.He is expected to speak at the convention center. But the timing will depend on results, according to his team. As campaign spoikesman Tim Murtaugh put it:He will look at the numbers and he will make his announcement at the appropriate time.There is also a non-zero chance that he doesn’t speak at all, according to some seasoned Trump watchers.Donald Trump’s team served with a lawsuit at Mar-a-LagoBy Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comA defamation case has been opened against Donald Trump by the Central Park Five, according to an Election Day court filing.The summons were served to Trump’s security director Dand Freeman, Newsweek reports.The notice was delivered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on October 24 in the afternoon. They claim Trump made ‘demonstrably false’ comments about them during their 1989 trial where they were wrongly convicted for the murder of a jogger in New York’s Central Park. Growing number of ballot rejections in Nevada could push results to November 12Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Las Vegas, NevadaConcerns emerged Tuesday morning over the high number of ballots being rejected in Nevada’s most populated counties.Nevada’s Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said the biggest issue is that signatures of many younger voters don’t match the signatures in their database, which are taken from those on their driver’s license.As of Monday night, more than 11,300 ballots were reported as needing signature curing in Clark County, home of Las Vegas, and 1,800 in Washoe County, home of Reno and Tahoe.It’s expected that with mail-in ballot processing Tuesday evening, the number of rejected ballots will only continue to grow.If ballots are rejected due to signature matching issues, voters in the Battle Born State can fix it through November 12. This means if the election is close – as it’s expected to be – the rejected ballots could end up determining the outcome up to a week after Election Day.Breaking:First polls CLOSE The first polls in the 2024 election have CLOSED.The polls have closed in Eastern Indiana and Eastern Kentucky, and now the ballots are being counted.To see when the polls close in each state follow our guide here:First exit polls released on 2024 election: What do they tell us?The first exit polls of the 2024 presidential election have been released and contained mixed results for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in what could be the tightest race in history.Here’s a quick rundown of what the polls tell us:Exit polls released by NBC News Tuesday found that ‘democracy’ was ranked as voters’ top issue in the 2024 election – narrowly beating out the economyMeanwhile, the NBC poll found 51 percent of voters trust Trump on the economy, compared to 47 per cent for HarrisThe Associated Press exit poll found 53 percent of voters were women, which was one point up from the exit poll in 2020. It also found 71 percent of voters were white, up from 67 percent in 2020Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, AP VoteCast found. The survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide found a country mired in negativity and desperationIn the key state of Pennsylvania, 83 percent of voters were white, up from 81 percent in 2020, the AP exit poll found. It found 9 percent of voters were black, down from 11 percent in 2020Who is Chase Oliver? The presidential candidate that could cost Trump or Harris the 2024 electionWith Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in a neck-and-neck race that could be decided by just a few thousand votes in seven key battleground states third-party candidates could well swing the race for either the Republican or Democrat.In fact, third parties get mentioned most often when there’s potential for them to act as a spoiler, meaning that the number of votes they receive could tilt the election in favor of one of the two serious candidates by siphoning from the loser. So with the race between Harris and Trump essentially a coinflip, keen political observers have pointed out that Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver could be the deciding factor in the race.Oliver, 39, is on the ballot in all seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In Bucks County, PA, voters reveal why they came out to the pollsCharlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Bucks County Pennsylvania is one of the most watched parts of the commonwealth as it was once traditionally a Republican county but has since gained more Democrat voters. At the Warrington Fire Company No. 1, Station 29 polling station, the number of voters were picking up as the sun began to set. Katie, a voter says she’s voting for women’s health care, but also the economy. Says she’s excited for the ads to be over and that she’s avoided political conversations this cycle. ‘I know everyone has their views and at the end of the day we’re all still friends and family,’ she said. Lou, Jeri, and Bunny, three Republican women handing out sample ballots here are thrilled with turnout, judging by the sample ballots they have handed out. ‘A lot of Democrats are switching over,’ Jeri says, who has been at the polling location since 6:30 pm. ‘I would say 70-30.”Absolutely ready for the election to be over,’ Lou says. ‘Ideally tonight.’ She said she would stay up until about 11:00 pm watching results, but did not have much hope that Pennsylvania votes would be counted in time to have a result. ‘We’re asking God to keep it all in his hands, whoever he wants in, please God, without any interference,’ Jeri said, citing the economy as her number one issue. Lou said her number one issue was the border, warning of terrorists being let into the country. Jason, a Democrat volunteer handing out sample ballots was animated about the election, and said he was optimistic that it would be a short night. ‘I think people are just tired, they’re tired of him they’re tired of his behavior, all of the illegal stuff he’s done,’ he said. He said that voting ‘against Donald Trump,’ was his number one issue. ‘I just can’t fathom living under a dictatorship,’ he said that if Trump won it would ‘be the end of this country.’ Surge of Hispanic voters in Arizona – exit poll
The number of Hispanic voters has surged in Arizona.In 2020 only 19 percent of voters were Hispanic.But accoring to the 2024 exit poll 26 percent of voters are Hispanic this time.Milwaukee officials say there will be a recount of at least 30,000 votesby Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comElection officials in the critical battleground of Wisconsin are saying they will recount tens of thousands of votes. Officials in Milwaukee are saying that 30,000 absentee ballots are to be recounted ‘out of an abundance of caution.’It comes after an observer saw that a ballot tabulator was not correctly sealed, according to local reports. See our video of voters casting their ballots in the state:Breaking:Voters trust Trump on economy and Harris on abortion – exit pollThe exit poll found 51 percent of voters trusted Trump on the economy and 47 percent said Harris.By contrast, 51 percent said they trusted Harris most on abortion and 44 percent said Trump.Arizona Secretary of State says bomb threats made are unsubstantiatedSarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Scottsdale, AZ:Arizona’s Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said the state is monitoring threats made, but he assured voters and workers they are unsubstantiated. The bomb threats were made to four specific Arizona locations in Navajo County.‘These are unsubstantiated threats. We have no reason to believe that any of our voters or any of our polling places are in any sort of jeopardy,’ Fontes told reporters in an update this afternoon.He was briefed by his security team and state law enforcement is working with the feds. Fontes said it is believed the threat came from overseas, specifically mentioning Russia, but he would not get into details.No polling locations were closed at any time, he said.Separately, Arizona is working to address some technical issues involving printers in Apache County. He said most locations are running well but there have been a few residual issues.Fontes said overall, Election Day is going very well across most of the state. Pennsylvania sees more white voters – exit pollIn the key state of Pennsylvania, 83 percent of voters were white, up from 81 percent in 2020, the exit poll found.It found 9 percent of voters were black, down from 11 percent in 2020.The proportion of Hispanic voters remained the same at 5 percent.According to the exit poll 47 percent of voters in Pennsylvania had a favorable view of Trump, compared to the same in 2020.The exit poll found 46 percent of voters in Pennsylvania had a favorable view of Harris, compared with 50 percent who said the same of Joe Biden in 2020.Among Pennsylvania voters 30 percent said the economy mattered most in deciding how to vote in the presidential election.And 33 percent said the state of democracy, 15 percent abortion, 12 percent immigration, and 3 percent foreign policy.The poll found 50 percent of voters in Pennsylvania said their family’s financial situation was worse than four years ago.In the 2020 exit poll only 16 percent said that.Among Pennsylvania voters 73 percent said they think democracy in the U.S. is threatened, while 25 percent said it is secure.The poll found 53 percent of Pennsylvania voters were women, the same as in 2020.Majority of voters want ‘substantial change’By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentVoters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, AP VoteCast found.The survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide found a country mired in negativity and desperation.It also found about 8 in 10 voters want ‘substantial change’ in how the country is run, including about one-quarter who said they want complete and total upheaval.About 7 in 10 voters said the country was on the wrong track.More voters are white, and more are women, than in 2020The Associated Press exit poll found 53 percent of voters were women, which was one point up from the exit poll in 2020.It also found 71 percent of voters were white, up from 67 percent in 2020.This time, 11 percent were black, down from 13 percent in 2020.And 12 percent were Hispanic, down from 13 percent in 2020.North Carolina election board decides two precincts get extra time to voteJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comNorth Carolina’s board of elections convened an emergency meeting Tuesday prompting an extra half hour of voting in two precincts.The two precincts in Burke County and Wilson County will now close at 8 pm ET. There were technical issues reported in these instances.The Wilson County location had ‘printer issues that led to voters not being able to vote for an hour or so,’ according to election board spokesperson Patrick Gannon.See our video of voters waiting to cast their ballots in North Carolina:Breaking:Democracy edges out the economy as top voter issue Exit polls released by NBC News Tuesday found that ‘democracy’ was ranked as voters’ top issue in the 2024 election – narrowly beating out the economy. Thirty-five percent said democracy, followed by 31 percent who said the economy. Following that, 14 percent said abortion, 11 percent said immigration and just 4 percent said foreign policy. CNN reported that the exit polls found that American voters are largely dissatisfied with the country right now and are future-looking. Only 7 percent of voters said they were enthusiastic about the country, with another 19 percent saying they were satisfied. Another 43 percent expressed that they were dissatisfied and 29 percent said they were angry. That being said 61 percent said that America’s best days are in the future, versus 34 percent who said the country’s best days are in the past. President Joe Biden remained unpopular. Fifty-eight percent said they disapproved of the job Biden was doing, versus 41 percent who approved. All kinds of voters were surveyed to get these results, CNN’s political director David Chalian said, as Americans can vote in-person on Election Day, early in some states and by mail in many states. NBC exit poll finds voters trust Trump more on the economyA fresh exit poll by NBC found that 51 percent of voters trust Donald Trump more on the economy. That’s compared to 47 percent who say they trust Kamala Harris more on the important issue.Trump makes claim about ‘massive cheating’ in Philadelphia before polls close in the swing stateA lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!Trump posted just before 5 pm. ET, but it wasn’t immediately clear what he is referring to. Philadelphia’s District Attorney Larry Krasner said that no arrests have been made. But ‘Election Day behavior has been more aggressive.’City Commissioner of Philadelphia Seth Bluestein said there is ‘absolutely no truth’ to the ex-president’s allegation. ‘It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure.’The former president also stated issues with voting in Detroit, Michigan.Joe Biden won’t be at Kamala Harris’ Election Night watch partyBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will watch the election results tonight in the White House residence, not with Kamala Harris and her team at Howard University.The Bidens will be joined by a long time aides and senior White House staff, a White House official told NEWSWALLA.com.And the president will receive regular updates on the state of races across the country.Jill Biden spent Tuesday morning in Wilmington, Del., where she cast her vote in person. She then headed to the White House to join the president.President Biden has no public events on his schedule for the day. He returned to the White House on Monday after spending the weekend in Wilmington.First exit polls released at 5pmThe first exit polls in the US Presidential Election will be released at 5pm.Stay with us as we bring you the latest news and reaction.Trump spokesperson says he won’t declare victory prematurelyKaroline Leavitt said today on NBC:President Trump will be watching the votes tonight and he will address his supporters at the appropriate time.Democrats believe they can secure edge of 475,000 votes in PhiladelphiaIn the crucial battle for Pennsylvania, Democrats believe they have executed on their game plan of running up the vote totals in Philadelphia.State Democrats believe they can get a margin of 475,000 vote or more, Politico reported Tuesday afternoon.If accurate, that would exceed Joe Biden’s 471,000 vote edge in 2020, despite a strong play by Donald Trump to pick off support from African Americans voters. That would still leave the election in the hands of more closely divided suburban counties.Your guide to exit polls: What to watch for as voting stops and the results start to come inMillions of voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election and a series of races down ballot. But it could take some time to count those results.What could give anxious Americans across the country some sense of where the country is headed is the exit polling which comes out as the results are coming in on Election Day.The exit poll is the only survey conducted entirely of voters who have already cast their ballots in the election.It gives voters and news organizations a better sense of what is happening on the ground with voters on Election Day and in early voting as the results come in. The polling is conducted by Edison Research, which has been the only research firm to conduct national exit polling in the United States since 2004. It also does exit polling for midterms and presidential primaries. From Taylor Swift to Kanye West: Here are the stars backing Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for presidentWhile the impact of celebrity endorsements is questionable, each candidate has trotted out big names at rallies to draw in the crowds.Other A-listers have stayed away from the campaign trail and have instead announced their positions on Instagram.NEWSWALLA.com has compiled an exhaustive list of celebrities who have picked a side in what could be one of the closest presidential elections in history.When do the polls close in every state? Remind yourself with a look at our interactive guide Barack Obama says we ‘won’t know the outcome’ tonightFormer President Barack Obama is warning that it’s ‘very likely’ that we won’t know who will win the election tonight. He says that there are several things to keep in mind:Thousands of election workers around the country are working hard today. Respect them. Thank them.  Don’t share things before checking your sources.  Let the process run its course. It takes time to count every ballot.Elon Musk casts his vote in Texas Melania Trump tweets ‘I voted’ after joining husband Don at Florida polling placeThey appeared with just hours until the polls close in what could be one of the closest elections in history.She answered one short question about how she was feeling: ‘Very good. Thank you.’Actor Paul Rudd hands out waters and snacks to voters at VillanovaExclusive:Speech experts reveal if Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is more exhausted, panicky about election resultsBody language experts have analyzed the US presidential candidates’ final rallies and said one appears more exhausted than the other.Both Vice President Harris, 60, and former President Trump, 78, continued to campaign on the eve of election day, maligning one another, and pitching their visions for the future to crowds of voters.Experts told NEWSWALLA.com that Mr Trump – who did four rallies on Monday compared to Harris’ five – appeared to have ‘low energy’ while Harris was ‘feeding off momentum’, albeit while looking pretty tired herself.This follows an analysis of the two candidates’ speech patterns, which suggested that Trump was showing slightly more signs of panic as the polls approached.Using artificial intelligence, the site WordTips found that 21.2 percent of Trump’s words and 19.3 percent of Harris’s words showed signs of stress when they spoke without a script.Harris camp is ‘optimistic’ about Election Day results but ‘not measuring the drapes’The Harris-Walz campaign team says they are positively optimistic about how the election will go this evening. Several senior Harris advisers told CNN that they are feeling good about ‘key signs of momentum’ on the ground in Pennsylvania and Michigan.They told the outlet that there has been a ‘shift in the race’ over the last seven days.And what has Harris been doing during the day? She’s been talking with her team and doing radio interviews. According to CNN, she is driving home the fact she’s ‘not measuring the drapes’ before the results are known. One source said: ‘She fundamentally believes that she has to see every vote counted until she can do the exhale.’Play election night bingo: Fill in your card for the presidential race showdown between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris while you watch TVTonight polls will close all over the nation and the U.S. will become one step closer to electing a new president. While former President Donald Trump ran the longest campaign in U.S. history, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris had just 15 weeks to catch up, after President Joe Biden dramatically ditched his reelection efforts. Polls indicate that the race is extremely tight – and full results might not be known for days. But that doesn’t mean that there won’t be pundits prognosticating and lots of hours spent at the Magic Wall. There will likely be comparisons made – will this be like 2008, where Americans elected their first black and mixed race president? Or will this be like 2016, when voters rejected the chance to have the country’s first female president – choosing businessman Donald Trump instead.Will the election be won by ‘economy voters’ who are angered that the Biden administration, and in turn Harris, didn’t do more to curb inflation?Harris makes embarrassing gaffe during DNC stopTim Walz and his family pose for a photo before flight to Washington, D.C. Kamala Harris’ running mate posed with wife Gwen and children Gus and Hope as they boarded a plane in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Walz also crisscrossed the swing states in the final days of the campaign to secure the critical votes needed to put Harris in the White House.They are heading to D.C. for Election Night coverage alongside Harris.US to test hypersonic nuclear missile TONIGHT just hours after election polls close Some Americans have expressed concerns about the nuclear weapon test on the same day as the country is casting their votes for the next president.Did Kamala Harris work at McDonald’s? Everything we knowVice President Kamala Harris has not yet been able to show conclusively that she worked at McDonald’s while she was a college student.Her claims she has used to back up her ‘middle class’ roots lead to frequent taunting from Donald Trump – who even trolled her by doing his own shift in the fast food joint.’I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala at McDonald’s,’ Trump told reporters and customers after he made French fries and served food out of the drive-thru service window in Pennsylvania.The Harris campaign maintains that Harris worked at a McDonald’s location on Central Avenue in Alameda, California during the summer after her freshman year at Howard University in 1983.But staff at the restaurant have reportedly been sworn to secrecy and when NEWSWALLA.com contacted them to ask, an employee said ‘no, sorry’.How the Electoral College works – and why 270 votes will decide if Trump or Harris wins the 2024 election
When the Founding Fathers argued over how the newly formed United States would elect a president, they compromised and forged a unique system.It came to be known as the Electoral College, which 236 years later is one of the most focal and controversial cogs in American democracy.It requires a candidate to reach 270 out of 538 total electoral votes. How that math plays out has changed election by election, candidate by candidate.Breaking:Kamala Harris seen for the first time on Election Day as she makes stop at Democratic National Convention headquartersHarris was seen for the very first time on Tuesday afternoon with a stop at DNC headquarters. She made a series of phone calls to her supporters urging them to get out of the vote with just a few hours left until polls close across the country.The VP thanked volunteers phone banking on her behalf and brought in a box full of Doritos.She walked over and picked up a phone and said, ‘Have you voted already? You did? Thank you!’Harris also talked to a child. ‘What’s your name…hi, it’s Kamala Harris. Waiting for you to grow 10 years more,’ she said.’It’s so important, we have so much work to do.’When reporters asked her how she is feeling today she stated: ‘Gotta talk to voters.’DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison stood in the back watching.Who is winning the presidential election? Latest 2024 polls show where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump standSee how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are really faring among voters with just hours until the polls close with NEWSWALLA.com’s brilliant poll tracker.Our interactive graphs give invaluable insight into how pollsters are predicting the outcome of the race before tonight’s results start to come in.The polls are on a knife’s edge and the race is too close to call.The margins in each of the battleground are razor thin, and the next president could be decided by just a few thousand votes.All of the data used in our analysis comes from Harris versus Trump polls collated by NEWSWALLA.com’s pollsters J.L. Partners and FiveThirtyEight.Federal Judge in Georgia tosses out RNC attempt to ban absentee ballots filed over the weekend Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comA federal judge based in Georgia has thrown out a Republican National Committee claim that votes filed over the weekend should be nullified. The RNC argued that counties in Georgia broke existing law by accepting absentee ballots on the weekend. The complaint did not have a ‘basic level of statutory review and reading comprehension’ the judge ruled. Elon Musk accuses Google of election interference by showing voters where they can vote for Kamala Harris – but not Donald TrumpElon Musk sounded the alarm on X on Tuesday after followers complained.When a voter on their phone typed into Google: ‘Where can I vote for Kamala Harris?’, Google responded with a map showing the nearest polling station.MAGA fans in Virginia say they don’t want to reveal vote due to ‘fear’ of coworker and neighbor reactionsKari Lake arrives to vote at Arizona polling placeDonald Trump’s bizarre microphone moment on the campaign trail Social media users have reacted after a bizarre clip of Donald Trump emerged when his microphone cut out during a rally.Opting to instead use a handheld microphone, Trump was seen yanking at the microphone at his stand before he started putting his mouth around it.The incident is still making waves as voters have several more hours to head to the polls.Rudy Giuliani speaks to press outside Florida polling place Republican Mark Robinson heads into North Carolina governor race behind after porn site scandalJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comNorth Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is well behind his Democratic opponent following his porn scandal. Robinson, who currently serves as Lieutenant Governor, was polling close to his opponent Josh Stein for the entire summer until a report from CNN derailed his campaign. The expose highlighted how Robinson had gone on porn websites and written things like ‘I’m a black NAZI!’Robinson, who is black, also wrote on these sites he was not disturbed by slavery. Now the GOP candidate is behind 10 -18 points to Stein depending on the poll.Trump shares a message from Mar-a-Lago three hours before the first polls close Biden to watch election results in White House residence with longtime aidesBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will watch the election results tonight in the White House residence.They will be joined by a long time aides and senior White House staff, a White House official told NEWSWALLA.com.And the president will receive regular updates on the state of races across the country.Jill Biden spent Tuesday morning in Wilmington, Del., where she cast her vote in person. She then headed to the White House to join the president.President Biden has no public events on his schedule for the day. He returned to the White House on Monday after spending the weekend in Wilmington.Kamala Harris’ potential cabinet candidates include Pete Buttigieg, Liz Cheney, and a defund the police activistAs speculation mounts about what a Kamala Harris cabinet might look like if she wins, Washington politicos are curious: Will she push for a continuation of the Biden administration or try to unburden herself from his record and chart a fresh course?For her first three years as vice president, Harris was burdened by Biden’s close-knit staff, who held her at an arm’s length but a win in the Nov. 5 election would afford her the opportunity to clean house and set her own agenda – and legacy.If elected, Harris would strike three firsts, as not only the the first woman president but also, first black female and first South Asian elected to the nation’s highest office.Those historic distinctions would likely set her on a path to creating the most diverse and forward-looking cabinet, just as she did when she took office as vice president.But Harris already faces criticism for her record of poor management.Her staff fell apart one by one as they fled her office complaining about her bullying behavior, short-fused temper, and exhaustive demands.How the Electoral College works – and why 270 votes will decide if Trump or Harris wins the 2024 electionWhen the Founding Fathers argued over how the newly formed United States would elect a president, they compromised and forged a unique system.It came to be known as the Electoral College, which 236 years later is one of the most focal and controversial cogs in American democracy.It requires a candidate to reach 270 out of 538 total electoral votes. How that math plays out has changed election by election, candidate by candidate.For the 2024 contest, polling shows that most of the 538 votes are already sewn up by Donald Trump or Kamala Harris – but 93 are still up for grabs in seven battleground states.Inside the only county that’s predicted the last 11 presidents – and who they are voting for in the 2024 electionTucked away in the far northwest corner of country just before the cliffs drop off into the Pacific Ocean lies America’s last true bellwether county.A decidedly purple place, the small, rural region of Clallam County in Washington boasts an unmatched record of voting for every presidential election winner since Ronald Reagan in 1980. This is the longest success streak of any of America’s 3,143 counties.Now all eyes are on this unassuming county once again to see which way the wind is blowing for 2024, as vice president Kamala Harris faces off against former president Donald Trump in a divisive, neck and neck race.Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’ route to victory in the 2024 election if they DON’T win PennsylvaniaBut all roads to the White House do not run through the Keystone State – and each candidate has a winning detour despite dominating the news cycle with their recent stops there.Still, Pennsylvania with its 19 electoral votes is the biggest of the seven battleground states – one that that could swing either way and singlehandedly decide the race.Video shows chaos inside Cambria County, Pennsylvania, polling station as ballot machines break on election dayNew video from inside the chaotic Cambria County polling station in Pennsylvania shows the moment voting machines suddenly stopped working on election day. The footage, obtained by NEWSWALLA, shows voters being asked to place their ballots into a box rather than submit it to the electronic machine. Dubious voters did as asked, then shared their thoughts on social media. ‘Very interest… they go to start scanning our ballots into the box and guess what? The box doesn’t work,’ said Amanda Wagner.’What did they do? They just unlock it and stick all of our ballots underneath.’Officials filed an order to extend voting hours in the county from 8pm to 10pm following the ‘software malfunction’ that kept voters from scanning their ballots.It remains unclear what triggered the malfunction. Officials insist it has now been repaired.$400 million spent on ads in Pennsylvania in most expensive election everKamala Harris and Donald Trump spent a total of $3.5 billion in the most expensive presidential campaign ever.That included $400 million on adverts in the key state of Pennsylvania.In total, $1.5 billion was spent on adverts in the seven battleground states.Harris and groups affiliated with her spent $1.9 billion compared to $1.6 billion on the Trump side.Barron Trump absent as Donald and Melania cast their election votes in FloridaBarron Trump was absent as his parents Donald and Melania Trump cast their ballots in Florida on Tuesday.The 18-year-old was missing at the polling station at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach.It is not known if or when Barron, who can legally cast his ballot for the first time, has cast his vote.Trump told reporters outside the polling booth he felt ‘very confident’.Harris is in D.C. for Election Day after campaigning in PennsylvaniaHow a make-up free Ivanka Trump photo has revealed a major twist to the 2024 electionAn innocuous photo of a make-up free Ivanka Trump may have provided a major hint that her father has repaired relations with Nikki Haley as the election winds down.Bill and Hillary Clinton cast their votes in the 2024 electionThe former president joined the ex-secretary of state at to vote after spending the final days of the race campaigning for Kamala Harris.The pair gave a thumbs up as they case their ballots and joined the millions of Americans waiting for the first results to come in.Voters in the critical swing state of Georgia have their say as they cast ballots 18 states and Washington D.C. activate the National Guard to support election workersAt least 18 states have activated the National Guard in case of unrest at polling stations across the country.Members of the guard have been deployed to the battlegrounds of Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin to prepare for any chaos as the results come in.Those on duty will be supporting law enforcement or watching cybersecurity threats.Elon Musk to spend election night with Trump The Tesla CEO will be at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach for some of the election night festivities, NEWSWALLA reported. He will be part of a small group watching the returns with Donald Trump, who’s hosting several parties at his property in Florida.Musk has spent $119 million on a super PAC supporting Trump.Capitol Police arrest man who ‘smelled like fuel’ with a torch gun on premisesJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comU.S. Capitol Police have arrested a man entering the Capitol Visitor Center who was seemingly doused in fuel and carrying a torch. The scary incident was reported around 1:45 pm ET on the force’s X account.’Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC),’ the post says.’The man smelled like fuel, had a torch & a flare gun.”The CVC is closed for tours for the day, while we investigate,’ the post continues. Guam straw poll results show Harris narrowly beating TrumpGuam, which holds a symbolic straw poll since its votes don’t count toward the Electoral College, had Harris emerging victorious. She was on 49.5 percent to Trump’s 46.2 percent, which is much closer than anticipated. Biden beat Trump in the same straw poll in 2020 by over 13 points.Guam’s vote usually is in line with the winner of the U.S. popular vote, which it has correctly predicted since 2004.The ten states where abortion is directly on the ballot in the electionWhile abortion has been a central issue in the 2024 presidential race, and it is also on the ballot in ten states in the November election. It could be a driving force to get some people to the polls as abortion access has been a mobilizing one since Roe v Wade was overturned ending the national right to an abortion and sending abortion access back to states. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe with the Dobbs decision in June 2022, 21 states have banned abortion or passed further restrictions beyond Roe. But since Roe fell, multiple states have given voters a say on whether to protect or further restrict abortion rights. For every abortion measure that has been on a ballot so far, be it to protect, expand access or restrict it, voters have opted to protect abortion rights including in red states such as Ohio and Kansas. Trump campaign admits that there likely won’t be an election winner declared tonightDonald Trump’s campaign is huddling to discuss the former president’s election night plans in Palm Beach, Florida – and is factoring in the likelihood that the election will not be called tonight.Trump will be watching from his Mar-a-Lago resort and aides are sorting out when, or if, he will deliver remarks to the press, sources familiar with the talks told CNN.But while they are coming to accept that a winner likely will not be declared between this evening, the Trump team believes that some critical swing states will be called before the end of the night that could foretell which way the race is going, the report said.’Yeah, I mean, I’m hearing the same things that you’re hearing. I’m hearing states where I’m up by a lot, but they won’t have a final number for a long time,’ he told reporters. ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen in terms of declaring victory.’Maricopa County, AZ election officials report operations running smoothly this morningSarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Phoenix, AZ:Election officials in Maricopa County say things are running smoothly this morning as thousands of people head to the polls.Maricopa County has more than half the residents of Arizona with a population of more than 4.5 million and is one of the biggest bellwethers in the country. It went to Donald Trump in 2016 but is key for Democrats’ holding the state after President Biden won it in 2020.Election officials held a press conference where they said more than 93,000 people already showed up to cast ballots at some 246 vote centers this morning. The average wait time is 2 minutes with a small number of centers having 30-minute wait times.Officials stated that no vote centers had been shut down and said any reporting to the contrary this morning is misinformation.More Americans overseas voting in 2024 than 2020The organization Vote From Abroad says that about 2.9 million Americans will be voting from abroad during the 2024 presidential election. In 2020, 2.8 million overseas Americans voted.Most of the overseas votes come from Canada, Great Britain, France and Mexico, Japan, Israel and Australia, Newsweek reported. Meet six Americans whose votes could predict who wins the electionIt all comes down to this.Almost two years after Donald Trump announced he was running for president and as one of the most dramatic campaigns in history draws to a close, the wait begins for the results.The race is set to be one of the closest in decades and polls shows Trump and Kamala Harris are deadlocked across the country.All eyes will be on the seven battleground states on Tuesday night.But there are also six key voter groups that will have a major impact on determining the next occupant of the White House.NEWSWALLA.com’s pollster James Johnson, the founder of J.L. Partners, has broken down just how important these demographics are.Democrat Jacky Rosen casts her ballot in Nevada and warns there could be counting delaysFrom Katelyn Caralle, senior U.S. reporter in Nevada:Trump shuts down reporter in feisty exchange over whether his supporters will be violentJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comDonald Trump quickly shot down a reporter asking if he should tell his supporters that there should be ‘no violence’ on Election Day.The question came to the ex-president shortly after he cast his ballot in Florida alongside his wife former first lady Melania Trump.’Will you tell your supporters that there should be no violence,’ a female reporter could be heard asking the Republican presidential candidate.Trump immediately shot back: ‘My supporters are not violent people. I don’t have to tell them that, and they certainly don’t want any violence.’Texas blocks DOJ election monitors from overseeing polling sites in 8 countiesDeclaring that Texas will ‘not be bullied by the Department of Justice,’ the state Attorney General blocked federal election monitors from going inside voting locations across the Lone Star State on Tuesday.Department of Justice election monitors had planned to be inside polling sites in eight Texas counties, including Atascosa, Bexar (San Antonio), Dallas, Frio, Harris (Houston), Hays, Palo Pinto, and Waller.How everyone said the same thing about Trump’s bizarre microphone moment Social media users have reacted after a bizarre clip of Donald Trump emerged when his microphone cut out during a rally.The Republican presidential nominee had audio issues while speaking at a campaign event in Milwaukee on Friday night.Opting to instead use a handheld microphone, Trump was seen yanking at the microphone at his stand before he started putting his mouth around it.Social media X has since erupted with a spate of comments over the widely shared footage.One person commented on the short clip, which has been viewed over 14million times: ‘Doesn’t look like his first time either.’FBI arrests two men in Michigan for making election day threatsThe Detroit News has reported that the FBI arrested two people in Michigan for issuing threats in the days before the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday.Issac Sissel, 25, was reportedly linked to several online threats targeting Republican candidate Trump.He allegedly told officials felt Trump ‘should have been assassinated’ and predicted there would be violence following today’s election.Reddit had alerted authorities about Sissel’s back in September.Christopher Clay Pierce, 46, was arrested for making online threats against a political action committee.Trump and wife Melania speak after casting their ballotsWhere is Joe Biden on election day?The president has no public appearances on his schedule and his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, won’t be holding her typical daily briefing on Tuesday.Biden made his final campaign appearance on Saturday when he delivered a speech to laborers on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Trump lashes out at Oprah Winfrey as he casts election vote: ‘She’s a major divider’Trump spoke briefly with reporters before casting his ballot in Palm Beach.
He blasted Oprah, who joined Kamala Harris at her final rally in Pennsylvania on Monday night, accusing her of stoking division in the country.
‘I think Oprah has become a major divider in our country and she should be ashamed of herself,’ he fumed.Man arrested after threatening to burn down New York polling siteThe man, who had previously been convicted of a felony, was told that he was ineligible to vote because he had not re-registered after being released from prison.He had gone to vote in the town of Fowler near the Canadian border at about 6:30 am.The man became irate and began threatening to return with a gun or to burn the place down, police said.He fled but was later picked up by state police and brought to the station for questioning. Charges against him were pending.BLM chapter leader Mark Fisher announces he’s voting for Trump: ‘We’ve been blindly loyal to Democrats’Mark Fisher, who lists himself as a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island, warned that it would be a ‘disaster for the country’ if Kamala Harris is elected.’Historically the Democrat party has been the party that black people overwhelmingly vote for, but we haven’t gotten anything in return,’ Fisher told the New York Post. ‘To me that is the definition of insanity.’Trump tears into ballot box chaos and says it’s his best campaign everThe former president, wearing his signature ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, answered many questions and slammed reports of chaos at the polling stations around the nation. He also wore an ‘I voted’ sticker.’It is crazy,’ he said. ‘I am just hearing in certain states it is going to be a long time.’He specificially mentioned Pennsylvania, the battleground state that could decide the winner. Polls show the race there is tied.’I’m hearing in Pennsylvania they won’t have an answer until two or three days from now. I think it’s an absolute outrage if that’s the case,’ Trump noted. ‘In certain states it is going to be a long time and it won’t even be close. It won’t be that close. They say I will win the state but it will take a long time to certify it.’But he said he would concede if he lost a ‘fair’ election.’If it’s a fair election I would be the first one to acknowledge it if I lost. And so far I think it’s been fair,’ he said. Trump, on the campaign trail, has indicated he doesn’t trust the voting process and could challenge the results if Harris wins.’I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one, much better in the second one. Something happened. And this was the best — I would say this was the best campaign we ran,’ he said.Megyn Kelly urges voters to read the NEWSWALLA’s Doug Emhoff revelations as she joins Trump’s closing rallyThe podcaster and former Fox News host attended Trump’s rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday in the final hours of one what could be the closest elections in history.She told the crowd why she decided to cast her ballot for the former president despite their rollercoaster relationship over the years that included very public spats during his first run for president.Trump casts his ballot in Florida with Melania’I feel very confident,’ Trump said after he cast his vote in Palm Beach. ‘I hear we’re doing very well everywhere.”I ran a great campaign. I think it was maybe the best of the three. We did great in the first one. We did much better in the second one but something happened. I would say this is the best campaign we’ve run,’ he said, standing next to his wife, Melania Trump.Asked if he had any regrets about his campaign, Trump responded, ‘I can’t think of any.’Video shows chaos inside Cambria County, Pennsylvania, polling station as ballot machines break on election dayVoters in Cambria County in western Pennsylvania have been forced to place their paper ballots into boxes after voting machines malfunctioned throughout the entire county.Footage obtained by NEWSWALLA.com shows the swing state’s voters placing their ballots inside a box under the voting machines after a massive malfunction.Voting hours have been extended for the county after it took hours for the issues to be resolved.Voters will now have until 10 pm to cast their ballots on Election Day.I’m a gun-loving British tea shop owner in Georgia – here’s who I’m voting forJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comOn a breezy autumn day in north Georgia, Fiona Bagley mused in the back of her tea shop about Donald Trump winning a second White House bid.’I don’t think he wants to be a dictator,’ the 64-year-old retired Captain of the Royal Military Police explained. ‘I don’t think he wants to do any of the bad things they say.’Bagley, originally from Epsom, Surrey before settling with her American husband in Dahlonega, Georgia, is unconcerned with the Trumpian horror scenarios many of her U.K.-based friends are frantically posting about on Facebook and that she sees in her newsfeeds.She’s busy trying to make her bottom line and 18 employees depend on it.’The last four years have been brutal,’ the 60-year-old entrepreneur explained.’I’ve seen my shipping costs double, the price of product has doubled, but people’s incomes have not risen to the same amount. So they’re not spending the money.’Rudy Giuliani rolls up to Trump polling place in convertible he’s been ordered to hand over to Georgia poll workersHarris will spend election night at her alma materHarris said she will watch the election results come in from her alma mater, Howard University. ‘The first office I ever ran for was freshman class representative at Howard University,’ Harris recalled in her Tuesday interview with the Big Tigger Morning Show on V-103 in Atlanta. “And to go back tonight to Howard University, my beloved alma mater, and be able to hopefully … recognize this day for what it is — really it’s full circle for me.”Howard, located in the nation’s capital, is part of the historically Black colleges and universities founded before 1964 for African American students.If she wins, Harris will be the first HBCU alum to serve as president.Voting hours extended in PA county over technical issuesOfficials have extended voting hours in Cambria County following a ‘software malfunction’ kept voters from scanning their ballots.Election workers said ‘there is a process in place for issues of this nature’ and the malfunction ‘should not discourage voters from voting at their voting precincts.”The Cambria County Board of Election learned early this morning that a software malfunction in the County’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots,’ the Office of County Commissioners said.’The Board has filed a Court Order extending the time to vote within Cambria County. No one should be turned away from the polls if they wish to cast their vote. Cambria County Board of Elections took measures to have IT specialists called to review the software issue. All completed ballots will be accepted, secured, and counted by the Board of Elections.’Final flurry of bets on TrumpThere is a last-minute surge of betting on Donald Trump.On the forecasting site Predictit he overtook Kamala Harris last night and has surged this morning.The site now gives Trump a 10 percent lead in terms of his chances of winning the election.It reflects similar movement on other betting sites.Bomb threats of ‘Russian origin’ momentarily shutter polling sites in critical swing state Georgia Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comFulton County authorities announced multiple non-credible bomb threats at local polling places Tuesday morning. Fulton County School Police received threats at several schools that were also polling places around 8:15 am ET. Feldwood Elementary School in south Fulton was cleared by authorities and no evidence of a bomb was found. No one was evacuated during the sweep, authorities confirmed. The impacted polling locations will now stay open later than the expected 7 pm ET closing time. Local election officials said that the location likely will remain open an additional 30 minutes until around 7:30 pm local time. Georgia’s election chief said that the bomb threats were possibly of ‘Russian origin’ on Tuesday.’The Russians are not our friends,’ Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger added.The FBI also confirmed the threats from ‘Russian email domains,’ calling them ‘non-credible.”The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains. None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far.’Harris cuts Trump’s lead among male voters in halfBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentKamala Harris has cut Donald Trump’s double-digit lead among male voters in half to single digits, a new Marist poll found.Voter breakdowns have long shown a gender gap with women supporting Harris and men supporting Trump.Harris making up ground with the male vote would be a troubling sign for the former president.At the beginning of October, Trump had a 16-point lead among men – 57% to Harris’s 41%, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll.Now Harris had cut that down to just four points: she has 47% to Trump’s 51%, according to the latest numbers released Monday.Where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stand on 15 key issues The rivals have each painted one another as extreme. They both warn their opponent will be a disaster for America.Whether they will be able to implement their wish list depends on a number of factors, including which party controls Congress.But their grand plans are a crucial indicator in what four years of a Trump or Harris administration would look like.When will results be announced?Election Day in the United States is now often considered election week as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can delay the results. But the truth is, nobody knows how long it will take for the winner to be announced this time.In 2020, The Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner on Saturday afternoon — four days after polls closed. But even then, The AP called North Carolina for Trump 10 days after Election Day and Georgia for Biden 16 days later after hand recounts.Four years earlier, the 2016 election was decided just hours after most polls closed. The AP declared Trump the winner on election night at 2:29 a.m. (it was technically Wednesday morning on the East Coast).Kalshi updates its election prediction Betting market Kalshi now has Donald Trump with a 60 percent chance of winning the election.It’s three points higher for Trump than Kalshi’s Monday prediction. Queens election workers says some scanners rejecting ballotsA local reporter in Queens, New York, has reported that several scanning machines are not working properly across the borough. Weather forecast: Possibility of tornado in WisconsinVoters in Texas wait in the rainBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentA storm system is moving across the Midwest from Texas to Canada and will affect the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin as the cold front brings in bad weather.A possible weak tornado could hit southern Wisconsin today, according to the National Weather Service. Rain, thunder and high winds have already hit that part of the state. In Milwaukee, rain is in the forecast through 8 p.m. Polls close at 9 p.m.Rain is also expected across most of Michigan. Detroit is seeing a breezy 60 degrees and cloudy skies at the moment but rain could come this afternoon.Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are part of Kamala Harris’ ‘blue wall’ – a victory in those three states would hand her the White House.Pennsylvania is seeing beautiful weather but long lines at polling places as officials expect record turnout in the state.Cloudy skies in Detroit where it could rain later this afternoonFor the rest of the battleground states, Arizona is expected to see beautiful weather as is Nevada.Georgia and North Carolina could see rain late in the day.In Texas, voters stood in the pouring rain, waiting to cast their ballot. Some polling stations in Missouri were flooded.Parts of the Deep South will see record-high temperatures in the 70s and 80s, according to The Weather Channel.Meanwhile, snow and possible blizzard conditions are forecast for parts of the Northwest including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.Long lines but beautiful weather in PennsylvaniaJD Vance votes in Cincinnati before flying to Palm Beach for Trump partyFrom Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in Cincinnati, OhioTrump’s running mate JD Vance just voted in his hometown of Cincinnati. His wife Usha and children looked on as he talked to the press afterwards.He said he felt good abouy the way the result was headed and admitted he missed a call from the former president at 3am because he was in bed, asleep while Trump was flying back from his final event.He was asked what he could do to heal the political divide in the country.I think our message is, first of all, we do expect to win. But obviously, no matter who wins, half the country, as you said, is going to be at least partially disappointed. I think my attitude is the best way to heal the rift in the country is to try to govern the country as well as we can, create as much prosperity as we can for the American people, and remind our fellow Americans that we are all fundamentally on the same team, however we voted.The final Nate Silver prediction is so close that it could be anyone’s race, but this is who he says has the edgeJon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comThe pollster Nate Silver has released his final prediction of the 2024 election. As of 12:30 am Tuesday and after 80,000 model simulations, Democrat Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in just a hairsplitting 50.015% to Trump’s 49.985%.That equates to Harris winning 40,012 simulations to Trump’s 39,718. The outlying few were electoral ties that eventually resulted in Trump victories due to the House of Representatives’ involvement in the process in the case of a 269-269 electoral college draw. The nail-biting race is one of the closest in history and is likely to be decided by a couple of thousand votes in smatterings across swing states. Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada and Michigan will all be closely watched today as votes trickle in. Those states are the crucial swing states that will ultimately decide the outcome. VP candidate JD Vance casts his vote in OhioThe Republican senator voted Tuesday morning at the St Anthony of Padua Maronite Catholic Church in Cincinnati.He arrived with his wife Usha and their children.’Look, I feel good. You never know until you know, but I feel good about this race,’ Vance said after he and his wife cast their ballots.Vance said he would depart for Palm Beach, Florida, later today to be with Donald Trump as results come in.NFL owners’ staggering 2024 election donations revealedNFL owners have donated around $30million to political parties and causes ahead of this year’s seismic presidential election.Obama urges people to get out and voteVoting machines down in Cambria County, Pennsylvania Election officials have reported that several ballot scanners are down in Cambria County in the swing state of Pennsylvania.Voters have shared footage of people standing in line as the voting process was interrupted by the technical issues.Officials have instructed voters to place their paper ballots inside boxes and voting hours have been extended until 10pm.The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit to ensure that polls in the county will remain open longer due to the delays and long lines. RNC Co-Chairman Michael Whatley said Tuesday:We understand that there are some line delays on the ground. We need you to stay in line. We need you to fill out your ballot in full and deliver it. Our Pennsylvania lawyers are all over this issue and will ensure fairness and accuracy in the process. Stay in line! Deliver your ballot!More polling stations open across USPoling stations opened at 8amEST in Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana. Minnesota, South and North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Winsonsin.Members of a running group below arrive at a polling station to drop off their ballots in Phoenix, Arizona, on Election Day.People are seen voyting inside of a polling station in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, below.Harris spending day in DCBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentKamala Harris returned to Washington D.C. in the early hours of Tuesday morning after her closing rally in Philadelphia.She was accompanied by her husband Doug Emhoff, sister Maya Harris and brother-in-law Tony West, niece Meena Harris and her husband Nikolas Ajagu, and grand nieces Amara and Leela.Harris is spending Election Day at the Naval Observatory, the vice president’s residence in Washington D.C., where she will call into radio interviews in several battleground states.She will hold an election night rally at Howard University, her alma mater.Exclusive:Trump loses much of his advantage in final election model forecast, as race becomes a tossupJ.L. Partners has its final update for our election model this morning. And it is a big deal, wiping out much of Trump’s advantage from the past month and moving the whole thing squarely back into tossup territory.Trump is predicted to win in 54.1 percent of simulation making our final call a TOSSUP TRUMP RACE – this is a drop of 6.3 points since yesterday, and a drop of almost 15 points since last week, based on a slew of Pennsylvania polls that were better for Harris, and which send ripples throughout the Blue Wall.The most likely result gives Trump 287 Electoral College Votes to Harris’ 251. The election will hinge on Pennsylvania with 59 percent of simulations decided by this state.There is major movement in the seven swing states that will decide the election:In Arizona, Trump’s win probability has decreased by 2.5 points to 79.4 percenyt. It has moved from STRONG TRUMP to LIKELY TRUMP – undoing yesterday’s reclassificationGeorgia saw Trump’s win probability decrease by 2.8 points to 73.9 percent and it remains a LIKELY TRUMP state.Michigan saw Harris’ win probability increase by 3.9 points to 67.2 percent. It is now a LEAN HARRIS state.Nevada saw Trump’s win probability decrease by 3.5 points to 57.6 percent, undoing some of yesterday’s increase. The state has shifted from LEAN TRUMP to TOSSUP TRUMP.North Carolina saw Trump’s win probability decrease by 4.1 points to 71.3 percent. The state remains a LIKELY TRUMP state.Pennsylvania saw Trump’s win probability decrease by 6.6 points to 55.2 percent. The state has shifted from LEAN TRUMP to TOSSUP TRUMP.Wisconsin has seen a 6.1 point movement against Trump and Harris’ win probability sits at 67 percent. The state remains LEAN HARRIS.Callum Hunter writes in his final briefing note:Our final prediction is only certain in how uncertain this race is. It is likely going to be one of the closest races in modern US political history. The Sunbelt states seem fairly likely to fall into the Trump camp, with Nevada the closest state within this group. Meanwhile, Michigan and Wisconsin seem likely to go to Harris leaving Pennsylvania as the deciding state. Places like Erie county are likely to decide this election with fewer than 15,000 votes deciding the winner. This election is the political equivalent of the Battle of Waterloo – with Trump finally returning from his 2020 enforced exile. The question is, can he marshall his troops on the Pennsylvanian battlefield to carry the day or will the overwhelming ground game of the Harris-Walz campaign sweep him aside? Our model suggests the former is slightly more likely, but anything is still possible. If you want to know who will win the election, go grab a quarter and flip it.Tim Walz drinks Diet Mountain Dew and watches YouTube with Stephen Colbert on US election-eve appearanceThe Vice Presidential hopeful was interviewed in a Philadelphia coffee shop for the  segment.The relaxed affair saw the two play a game of paper football as they chatted about Walz and Kamala Harris’ plans for an ‘opportunity economy’.Betting market gives Trump the advantage Kalshi has Trump’s odds of winning Tuesday at 57 percent.Technical issues reported at polling location in Indiana A poll worker reported they were having issues with their tablet at a polling location in Hamilton County, per Fox59.The issue was apparently fixed shortly after a 17-minute delay.Follow NEWSWALLA.com’s live election coverage House GOP Chairwoman points out Achilles heel for Harris campaign where Trump is surging Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for NEWSWALLA.comHouse GOP Chairwoman Elise Stefanik said she is confident Donald Trump will win because of his surging numbers among women. ‘Trump is doing better with women than Kamala Harris is doing with men,’ House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik noted during an interview with CBS.She said she has ‘zero concerns’ about the Republican’s fitness to lead and believes his pitch down the stretch has resonated with all Americans. Buttigieg argues a vote for Harris is a vote to have a ‘normal Republican Party again’By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentPete Buttigieg argued a vote for Kamala Harris is a vote to have a ‘normal Republican Party again.’The Transportation Secretary pointed to the divisiveness Donald Trump has brought to the other of the aisle as he appealed to GOP voters to cast their vote for Harris.’A vote for Kamala Harris is, I think, a vote for someday, having a more normal Republican Party again,’ he told CBS This Morning.’I think a lot of us just don’t want to feel like politics is punching us in the face,’ he added. Exclusive:Inside JD Vance’s final day on the campaign trail: Seven states, four rallies and the price of milkFrom Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent aboard Trump Force TwoAt first it seems like a filibuster. Of course J.D. Vance knows the price of a gallon of milk, he insists.’I do. I think. Right now?’ he says, sitting beside wife Usha on his campaign jet, nicknamed Trump Force Two.’I know the answer to this question very well. Are we talking about organic? Are we talking about the DC area… the Ohio area? Because at Kroger, the price of a gallon of milk, my guess is about $3.60 a gallon. Check, check if that’s right.’A swift fact check ensues as staffers fiddle with phones, looking up the price at the Vance’s’ nearest store.The answer comes back: $3.29, which is not bad for a former venture capitalist-turned-senator who now has to live inside a Secret Service bubble as running mate to Donald Trump.Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump’If it wasn’t for him (Musk) we’d be f***ed,’ Rogan wrote on X just hours before the polls open.’He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.Where Trump and Harris stand in the seven swing statesWith millions of voters in all 50 states casting ballots in the November 5 presidential election a final NEWSWALLA.com/J.L. Partners national poll shows Trump with a lead that matches the survey’s margin of error, a trend in his favor but still a statistical dead heat.That leaves the fate of the White House to a handful of so-called battleground states where the race still are polling as if they could could go either way on November 5 although there may be some telling trends within the polls.Regardless of who wins the popular vote, the next president must win the Electoral College, which has a set of electors per state who select a candidate based on state results.Harris and Trump tie in first results in New HampshireThe tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, first in the nation to vote, saw a tie before Harris and Trump.The town opened and closed its polls just after midnight EST, as is tradition, with four Republicans and two undeclared voters participating.After 12 minutes of counting, the results showed three votes for Harris and three votes for Trump.Back in 2020, Joe Biden won all the votes. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received four votes, Trump two and Gary Joghson one.The celebrity battle for the White House: How America’s rich and famous are waging political warfare on social mediaAs the rivals have focused their efforts on securing votes in the battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election, Hollywood A-listers have been hoping their endorsements can sway the public.Showbiz royalty, including Oprah and Beyoncé, have accompanied Harris, 60, on stage at her campaign events, urging voters to turn up at the polls.Long lines in crucial Pennsylvania People have lined up since the early hours of Tuesday to vote in the state of Pennsylvania, widely seen as critical to winning the White House.Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin are also seen as crucial in the path to victory.People line up to vote outside of a polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Election Day.Philadelphia County board of elections staff are sworn-in before processing ballots at the ballot counting election warehouse on the outskirts of Philadelphia.Van Jones compares Harris’ 2024 campaign to Hillary Clinton’sJones, who worked for President Obama, told CNN on Monday that the final days of the 2024 election have looked eerily similar to Hillary Clinton’s devastating loss in 2016.’The other thing that makes me nervous, in 2016, we had a big star-studded event right on the edge of the election, and we lost the state,’ Jones said.’I don’t think people understand, working people sometimes have to choose. Am I going to go to the big, cool concert and pay for babysitting for that or am I going to figure out a way to get to the polls? I don’t like these big star-studded events.’VP Harris wraps up campaign in Philly with Lady Gaga and OprahVice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump both spent the waning hours of their campaigns in the well-trodden swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, widely seen as critical to winning the White House.Harris wrapped her day in Philadelphia, where Lady Gaga sang ‘God Bless America’ and Oprah Winfrey appeared on stage with first-time voters. Ricky Martin, who is from Puerto Rico, was also there to draw out Puerto Rican voters turned off by a comedian who called their homeland a “floating island of garbage” at a recent Trump rally.’Our people-powered movement reflects a simple and undeniable truth: that we are all in this together,’ Harris said.Harris didn’t arrive at the vice president’s residence, the Naval Observatory, until 1:41 a.m.Trump, meanwhile, spent the final hours of the day in Grand Rapids, Michigan, wrapping up around 2 a.m.Trump is back in Florida to await electoral resultsFormer president Trump landed back in Florida just hours ago after finishing his last rally after 2 a.m.He is expected to await the electoral results with his family at his residence in Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach.The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen speaking at his last campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, belowVoting has started in over 25 statesAs of 7am EST, polls have opened in over 25 states – Delaware, DC, Washington, DC, Florida, Georgia Illinois, Kansas MarylandMassachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire and Virginia.Indiana and Kentucky and Maine.A man seen above votes at PS 20 Anna Silver Elementary School, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Manhattan, New York City.A resident of Dixville Notch shows their ID above as they check in to cast their ballots in the US election at midnight in the living room of the Tillotson House at the Balsams Grand Resort, marking the first votes in the US election, in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.Tens of millions have already cast their ballotsTens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed roughly 82 million ballots already cast – — slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier.The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust — over 4 million voters — that a top official in the secretary of state’s office said the big day could look like a “ghost town” at the polls.On the plane with JD Vance in final hours of campaignNEWSWALLA.com was with Vance on ‘Trump Force Two’ as he slugged it out on the final hours of the campaign trail in a desperate bid to clinch victory. There was beer, donuts, a lot of iced coffee and some surprising admissions from the VP hopeful. Among his admissions was the one thing he never talks about with ‘superstitious’ Trump. First votes of Election Day cast in Dixville Notch and result is NOT what people are expectingThe first result came in last night in the tiny town of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire, where residents honored a tradition of casting ballots at the stroke of midnight. But the result was an ominous forecast of what is one of the closest races in history – 3 for Trump, and 3 for Harris. While a tie, it’s a sharp swing away from the Democrats. In 2020, five of the voters went for Biden, with only one voting red. America locked and loaded: White House barricaded as election tensions soarAmericans are braced for civil unrest amid scary predictions of ‘blood’ during today’s knife’s-edge presidential election, reviving painful memories of recent assassination bids and chaos after the 2020 vote.On Monday, Businesses in Washington, DC boarded up their windows as security fencing went up around the White House, US Vice President Harris’s residence, and other key buildings in the capital.Election workers have prepared for gun attacks, amid a flurry of threats to blow up political offices and other sensitive sites ahead of election day.Washington state has activated some members of the National Guard to be on stand-by, while a Democratic congressman has warned ‘there may be blood’ resulting from clashes between angry voters.Meet five Americans whose votes could predict who wins the 2024 electionBy NEWSWALLA.com pollster and founder of J.L. Partners James JohnsonOver the last six months I have traveled the swing states.Two debates, two hurricanes, and countless interviews later, we have arrived at Election Day.Because American political opinion is so diverse – and so polarized – there is no one type of swing voter who will determine the outcome.Instead, the result hinges on several groups who, depending on how they move, will put Kamala Harris or Donald Trump in the White House.This is the cast that will decide the election:Where the latest polls show put Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Election DayIn what could be one of closest elections in U.S. history, the difference between the candidates could not be more stark.Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have laid out two visions for America that are poles apart during the unprecedented 2024 campaign for the White House.The rivals have each painted one another as extreme. They both warn their opponent will be a disaster for America.When it comes to the economy, foreign policy, immigration, crime, abortion and taxes, both candidates have set out grand plans that would provide a crucial indicator of how the next four years will look like.NEWSWALLA.com has put together a guide to show where the candidates stand on a number of crucial policies that matter most to American voters.Graphics: How Trump and Harris could take the White House – key updateIt may go down as the closest race in presidential history.As polling booths are flooded on Tuesday, the race will be essentially out of the candidates’ hands during the excruciating wait for the results to come in.Here, we have put together an exhaustive guide detailing what Harris and Trump will be watching for as the drama unfolds.For there are multiple scenarios which will leave them within touching distance of grabbing the keys to the White House.See our interactive guide to how Harris and Trump can find a path to the White House courtesy of Dailymail.com’s Deep Dive team.What are the exit polls? And what will they tell us on Election Day?Millions of voters are heading to the polls today to cast their ballots, but it could take some time to count the results.What could give anxious Americans across the country some sense of where the country is headed is the exit polling which comes out as the results are coming in on Election Day.The exit poll is the only survey conducted entirely of voters who have already cast their ballots in the election.It gives voters and news organizations a better sense of what is happening on the ground with voters on Election Day and in early voting as the results come in.The polling is conducted by Edison Research, which has been the only research firm to conduct national exit polling in the United States since 2004.Your interactive guide to Election Day: When polls close and when we’ll know the resultVoters began casting their ballots with polling stations open from 5am in Vermont and 6am in multiple states.At 6pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, the first polls will close in Indiana and Kentucky.Then the U.S. will wait as the ballots are counted across the country and the tension begins to find out who will be the next President of the United States. For some states, the result will be announced as soon as the voting stops.But for others – especially the seven battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina – it could take hours or even days until we find out the winner.NEWSWALLA.com has laid out everything you need to know – hour by hour – about the drama that will unfold – including when the polls close in each state, who is predicted to win and when to expect a result.Key UpdatesFirst polls CLOSE View postVoters trust Trump on economy and Harris on abortion – exit pollView postDemocracy edges out the economy as top voter issue View postWhere Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stand on 15 key issues View postWhere Trump and Harris stand in the seven swing statesView postYour interactive guide to Election Day: When polls close and when we’ll know the resultView post

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Exit polls live: First snapshot of 2024 election reveals key demographic shift in Pennsylvania