This November 5, 2024the United States will have historic elections in which the candidate for the Democratic Party faces each other, <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/donald-trump-whats-behind-the-us-presidents-baltimore-attack/" title="Donald Trump: What's behind the US President's Baltimore attack”>Kamala Harriscurrent vice president of the country, and the candidate of the Republican Party and former president (2016-2020), Donald Trump. So far all the polls agree that the results will be extremely close and will largely depend on what is decided in the so-called swing states: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada.
The candidate who obtains 270 electoral votes will result in the winner of the contest. The President of the United States is elected indirectly by the citizens through a “college of electors,” established in 1787 by the framers of the Constitution (Article II, Section 1). When voting in presidential elections, voters who support the preferred candidate are actually chosen. The Electoral College has a total of 538 electors, and a candidate needs to obtain at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
Below you can follow all the events and the most important news of these historic elections live. In our electoral map You will have the results live as the electoral votes are counted state by state.
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- Mon, November 4, 2024, 3:32 PM GMT+1
This is how election night will unfold hour by hour
Election night in the United States will unfold following the sun and the closing hours of the polls from east to west, in general terms. While some non-competitive states could be projected shortly after their polls close, others could take hours.
The map is positioned in such a way that former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, could see his side of the electoral vote count grow rapidly after polls close early, particularly if there are early projections for more populous Republican states like Florida and Ohio. .
Some of the biggest vote-getters for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, have polling places that close later, including California and New York.
Vanessa Starke, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, reads a book midway through her 90-minute wait in line to cast her ballot at an early voting location, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Blue Springs, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Here you can see the times when the polls will begin to close in each state depending on their geographic location.
- Mon, November 4, 2024, 2:20 PM GMT+1
Why might we not know who the winner is on election night?
A delay in results does not mean fraud.
On November 5, voters across the United States will head to the polls to vote in the 2024 presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. But as was the case in 2020, we may not know the results on election night.
Because? Because it takes time to count the votes – and record numbers of early votes are being recorded before election day–. Furthermore, in a contest that is expected to be extraordinarily closea greater number of ballots will need to be counted before a winner can be chosen.
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