Voters head to polls on Nov. 5 to decide between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The balance of power in Congress all hangs in the balance.
Election Day is here. In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
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The arrest comes as authorities are on heightened alert for security issues around the nation’s capital and have increased patrols in areas downtown and near the White House around Election Day. Nearly four years ago, a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. At about 8:30 a.m., a poll worker at the adjacent Precinct 24 asked a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat to remove it while in line. The man, who was carrying an American flag on a pole and wearing a tactical vest, declined and remained in line, and the poll worker called the election office for guidance.
Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, said they received “multiple calls” and the threats forced a brief closure of two polling places.But Cait Conley, a senior adviser to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters on a call Tuesday there were no national-level security incidents that were threatening to disrupt the election on a wide scale.
Helping voting run relatively smoothly on Election Day was the fact that tens of millions of Americans had already cast their ballots. Those included record numbers of voters in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner. Across the seven main battleground states in 2024, there are 10 counties — out of more than 500 — that voted for Trump in 2016 and then flipped to Biden in 2020. Most are small and home to relatively few voters, with Arizona’s Maricopa a notable exception. So it’s not likely they’ll swing an entire state all by themselves.
Some states require mail-in ballots to arrive byElection Day. Others only require ballots to be postmarked by Election Day. And some states, too, allow mail-in ballots to be dropped off in ballot boxes or at polling places through Election Day.Where are Trump and Harris?8:20 a.m. ET | Trump spent the very early hours of Election Day in Michigan, where he wrapped up a late-night rally in Grand Rapids.
In an election where tensions have run high, the setting in Dixville Notch couldn’t have been more congenial. Voting took place in the living room of the Tillotson House, with cookies and coffee and a couple of very friendly dogs. Trump, who is still facing felony charges in at least two separate criminal cases, argued that he is the victim of a politicized justice system. And tens of millions of voters apparently believe him — or they're willing to overlook his extraordinary legal baggage.
This time, both campaigns believe the race is extremely close across the seven swing states that are expected to decide the election, barring a major surprise: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In North Carolina, Harris’ margins in Wake and Mecklenburg Counties, home to the state capital of Raleigh and the state’s largest city, Charlotte, respectively, will reveal how much Trump will need to squeeze out of the less-populated rural areas he has dominated.
More than 77 million people participated in early voting — either in person or through the mail. So many people already cast ballots that some officials say the polls in states like Georgia might be a “ghost town” on Election Day. That balance on both sides is critical as we try to understand the early returns. And it's on the campaigns to know which voters they still need to turn out on Tuesday. On that front, Democrats may have an advantage.
At the same time, Trump allies note that he has faced two assassination attempts in recent months that raise the possibility of further threats against him. And police in Washington and other cities are preparing for the possibility of serious Election Day unrest. Government-politics Explaining Election Day: How voting machines are used and protected Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated …
Government-politics Explaining Election Day: If the polls just closed, how can AP already declare a winner? Some statewide races will be so lopsided that The Associated Press will be able to declare a winner before any of the results are released. Th… Government-politics Explaining Election Day: How AP declares winners, part 2 One question will be asked over and over again on election night: who won? The Associated Press will answer that question for nearly 7,000 rac…
Government-politics Explaining Election Day: Some states run their elections differently than the rest of the country The U.S. general election this November will decide the country’s direction, but it is far from a nationally administered contest. The 50 stat… Elections AP Alert If the polls just closed, how can AP already declare a winner? In the 2024 general election, the AP will declare winners in nearly 2,000 uncontested races, compared with about 4,500 contested races.
Elections AP Alert What polls can tell us: They're not designed to forecast winners, but still useful tools Polls are useful tools, but it's important not to overstate their accuracy. After all, a polling organization can't talk to every single person in the country. Elections AP Alert Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election? A few bellwether counties in the key battleground states are likely to decide the outcome — as they did the past two presidential elections.
Elections AP Alert Counting by hand: Suspicion of tabulators fuels a push for slower, more costly process The few counties that have attempted the massive task to count ballots by hand have found the process more time-consuming, expensive and inaccurate than expected.
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