Election Day in the United States: what to watch for
Kyiv • UNN
The US presidential election has begun, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump running for president. The candidates received three votes each in the Dixville Caucuses, and are competing for 270 electoral votes.
For voters in the United States, the day has come to decide in the American battle for the White House and control of Congress, even if it takes days or weeks to determine the results, CNN reports, UNN writes.
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Americans are heading to the polls to vote for their next president. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump need at least 270 electoral votes to win. The swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are expected to play a crucial role in their path to victory.
Harris and Trump, as noted, received three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire community of Dixville Notch, which opened and closed its polls just after midnight local time in accordance with a long-standing tradition.
The candidates held their last campaign events in swing states last night. Harris wrapped up her 107-day campaign in Pennsylvania, while Trump spoke in Michigan, where he wrapped up his three presidential campaigns.
Although the election of either candidate will be historic, much more is being decided on Tuesday, including votes in five states - Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota - on whether to repeal abortion bans through constitutional amendments, the newspaper points out.
According to the publication's analysis of the congressional elections, Republicans hope to capitalize on a "favorable map" of the Senate, while Democrats are defending seats in the red-leaning states of Montana, Ohio, and West Virginia. The party's hopes of maintaining its narrow majority in the House of Representatives stretch from the coast of Maine through the Hudson Valley in New York, the Piedmont hills of Virginia, the "blue dot" in Nebraska, and Orange County in California, where the political ups and downs of the Trump era have been clearly manifested, the publication notes.
The first results in the hours after polls close, as noted, may not be decisive. States determine their own election procedures, and the order in which states count early, mail-in, and Election Day votes varies all over the map, as does how quickly certain cities, counties, and regions report their results.
