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Some aides think he should seize on any early advantage in battleground states but it is unclear if he will heed themUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerDonald Trump has been told by some advisers that he should prematurely declare victory on election night if he’s sufficiently ahead of Kamala Harris in key battleground states like Pennsylvania, according to people close to him, though whether he will heed that advice remains unclear.The consensus view is that Trump has nothing to lose by claiming he has won if he has a several-hundred-thousand-vote advantage in Pennsylvania or if his internal pollsters think a victory is plausible even if the results are not fully confirmed on Tuesday night.When do polls close?When will we know the result?Where is abortion on the ballot?Senate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Jumble of proposals include ‘massive reform of Obamacare’ and giving anti-vaxxer RFK Jr the helm of health agenciesUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerFrom assertions that America’s highest-profile vaccine critic would lead health agencies to new promises for “massive reform” of Obamacare, the chaotic last week of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will probably serve as a preview of what “Make America healthy again” could mean should the former president regain power.The jumble of proposals echoed conservative policy documents, channeled the residual anger of the post-pandemic anti-vaccine movement and alarmed experts who help set the nation’s health policies.When do polls close?When will we know the result?Where is abortion on the ballot?Senate and House races to watchHow the electoral college worksEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Among extremists, election results matter less than chaos and destruction – they hope ‘civil war kicks off’ either wayUS politics live – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerWhile Russian disinformation and election denialism are seeding mistrust in the American electoral process, some far-right extremists are already heralding this divisive election season as an unbridled victory for their cause.To them, who wins or loses is less important than the effect: with already two assassination attempts on Donald Trump and both mainstream parties more at rhetorical war than ever before, they see signs of hope the US government is beginning to lose control of the country. Continue reading...

California’s Bay Area rallies behind the vice-president and envisions ‘how great’ it would be for the diverse communityAs the extremely divisive election over who will next lead the United States wrapped up, California’s Bay Area was enveloped in a quiet calm. Far from the massive political rallies and the rousing rhetoric that has overtaken battleground states many voters here are decided; the communities to the east of San Francisco were among the counties that voted most strongly for Joe Biden in 2020, and they will show up again hoping to defeat Donald Trump.Even so, some ballots in Oakland and Berkeley will be cast with an extra sense of pride. In the towns where Kamala Harris was born and raised, locals are hopeful their hometown hero will make history. Continue reading...

Arizona is one of 10 states with abortion, a top voting issue, on ballots. Could a Trump presidency unravel measures?Ten states with abortion rights on the ballot this election dayLeslie Lemus’s top issue in the 2024 election is probably the economy. But she has a close second: “Them fucking with abortion.”Really, for the 26-year-old Arizona native, the two issues are one and the same. On Monday, she got an abortion at Camelback Family Planning, one of the last abortion clinics in Arizona, in large part because Lemus feels like she can’t financially care for a child right now. Continue reading...

The result for nearly half the country will be devastating, after an election campaign with twists and turns, marked by both violence and joyUS politics live – latest updatesAs the sun rose on Tuesday, there was something reassuringly familiar about the rituals that election day in America would bring: long queues of voters, candidates casting their own ballots, TV experts tapping their electoral map touchscreens and a steady flow of results from safe blue states and red states.But something is different this time.When do polls close?Trump v Harris on key issuesWhat’s at stake and what else to know Continue reading...

Pundits are keeping a close on watch on key counties across the US whose results could play a major role in the outcomeWith recent election polling showing a dead heat – or slim victory for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris within the statistical margin of error – seven swing states are all but certain to decide the race.As pollsters scramble to make sense of these results, amid questions about reliability given bad calls over support for Trump in 2016 and 2020, analysts are taking an even more granular approach in interpreting battleground state voters, focusing on a handful of counties in these hotly contested regions. Continue reading...

As well as electing the president, the US has been voting for senators, members of the House of Representatives and state governors. Live election results expected from around 6.00pm EST/11.00pm GMTLive 2024 presidential election resultsUS election 2024 – live news updatesThe US legislature, Congress, has two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Continue reading...

District two, where Black people comprise 48.7% of the population, was carved after a 2023 supreme court rulingUS election 2024 – live updatesOn Tuesday, residents in Alabama’s newly redrawn congressional district two will vote for the first time.A June 2023 ruling by the supreme court created the new district in the Black belt, which spans from the state’s Choctaw county, on its western border, to Russell county, in the east, where Black people make up 48.7% of the population. The decision also preserved the only other majority-Black district in the state – district seven. Voters in district two will have the opportunity to increase their political power, a historic change that has the potential to give voters in the Black belt a representative government. Continue reading...

The state has 19 electoral votes and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held a blitz of rallies on eve of electionTo celebrate his anniversary this year, Phil Haegele joined the back of a long line at a polling station with his wife on a warm autumn afternoon and waited to cast his ballot for Donald Trump.It was the first time that Haegele, a 47-year-old plumber, cast an early ballot. But he had heard on the radio that a judge had extended early voting in Bucks county, a battleground in south-eastern Pennsylvania where he lives. He proceeded to get bombarded with “probably 50 text messages” encouraging him to come out and vote, so he did. Continue reading...