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Voters throughout America are casting their ballots for the forty seventh president of the United States.

Polls are closing on the East Coast, and early projections present Republican candidate Donald Trump successful Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is projected to win Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Preliminary outcomes are imminently anticipated in Georgia and North Carolina — two essential swing states that each candidates are hoping to hold them to electoral victory.

Trump’s predicted victory in Florida marks his third consecutive win within the state, nabbing its whopping 30 electoral votes, after Democratic former president Barack Obama carried the state in each 2008 and 2012.

He additionally is anticipated to win Nebraska’s electoral votes in its distinctive break up electoral vote state of affairs, moderately than the winner-take-all consequence in different states.

Media retailers are making their projections for every state’s winner as election employees rely ballots and preliminary voting knowledge is launched.The Independent is counting on projections from the Associated Press.

Check again for stay updates from The Independent.

Both candidates are gunning for 270 electoral votes, the golden quantity wanted to safe the workplace of the presidency.

But it can probably take a number of hours for significant info to roll in. The first polling facilities to shut will shut their doorways at 6 p.m. native time, whereas some polling facilities will keep open till 8 p.m. native time, together with many on the West Coast.

Experts beforehand instructed The Independent that the timeline for calling the race largely will depend on two issues: how shut the election is in particular person states and the particular legal guidelines of these states relating to counting votes and potential recounts, which all range.

While retailers are anticipated to publish their ultimate projections within the hours and days after November 5, their dedication is just ever a projection. The election might be formally licensed by Congress on January 6, 2025.

Voters ranked the state of democracy as their primary situation informing their voting choice, with the economic system coming in second, in keeping with exit polls from Edison Research for media retailers within the National Election Pool.

Traditionally, exit polls are carried out through in-person interviews with voters outdoors of polling facilities after they’ve forged their poll. Pollsters are posted outdoors of voting facilities forward of and on Election Day. They additionally conduct telephone and textual content surveys to achieve voters who mailed of their ballots.

Senate and House races

All 435 seats within the House of Representatives are up for election tonight.

In the Senate, solely 34 out of 100 seats are being elected, as senators serve six-year phrases with a 3rd being elected each two years. The outcomes of 2024’s elections will decide the steadiness of energy in Congress.

West Virginia’s Republican Governor Jim Justice is projected to win a seat within the Senate, flipping a seat beforehand held by now-former Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who just isn’t looking for re-election.

Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida can be projected to defeat Democratic opponent Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

Before this election, Democrats had 47 senators and 4 allied independents, whereas Republicans had 49.

Of the 34 seats up for grabs, 18 had been beforehand held by Democratic senators, posing a menace to their slim majority.

Battling for the swing states

All eye are on the seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Together they maintain 93 electoral school votes, with out which neither presidential candidate can win the election.

Results might be refreshed stay as they arrive in. Check again for updates.