U.S. ELECTION LIVE BLOG: Most of the polls have now closed with voting under way across the country in what has been predicted to be the closest contest in history.
Donald Trump supporters believe he is winning the race for the White House after the former president claimed a victory in North Carolina , the first pivotal swing state to declare a result.
Earlier Musk tweeted: 'game, set and match' as Trump stormed into an early lead and hopes for his supporters have raised after winning the crucial swing state of North Carolina.Trump has promised to make him chief of a new 'government efficiency commission' to seek out cuts at federal agencies and changes to federal rules.
Trump wins North Carolina in 2024 election as swing state goes redMore than 4.2 million North Carolinians voted before election day, breaking the record turnout in 2020.Mail Online Proposition 36 reverses an attempt to reduce criminal penalties passed by ballot initiative Proposition 47 and reimposes stiff consequences for drug and theft crimes.
Harris is running up big margins in Dane County, which includes Madison, and Milwaukee. Yet even though she had a massive 51 percent lead in Dane, Trump was doing 1 percent better than four years ago.In more than 20 counties that he was carrying with most of their vote in, Trump had improved on his 2020 performance.
05:58Pictures: The contrasting emotions of Trump and Harris supportersMore pictures are starting to emerge of the contrasting emotions across America with Donald Trump supporters increasingly jubilant, while Kamala Harris followers appear desolate. 'But you will hear from her tomorrow, she will be back here tomorrow, to address not only the HU family, not only to address her supporters, but to address the nation,' Richmond said.
According to a CNN source, the Trump team is moving members from the Mar-a-Lago viewing party to the convention center in buses.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Donald Trump has achieved an ‘insurmountable lead’ in his state. Trump went on to easily win the Hawkeye State on Tuesday with a 12.6 percent lead over Vice President Kamala Harris after more than 80 percent of the vote was tabulated, according to the Associated Press.
Iowa pollster mercilessly mocked as Trump easily wins stateSocial media erupted in ridicule of an Iowa pollster whose results just days before the 2024 presidential election showed Donald Trump losing the deep red state.Mail Online It's not just about him. Kennedy now coming in, taking quite a role. Musk, obviously, playing a very big role. It isn't just Trump anymore. And now there's a coalition of Latinos, blacks, more Jews than ever voted before. More young men than ever voted before. It's a brand new coaltion in American politics, and I think it points the way for other parts of the Western world too.
Republican Jim Justice captured outgoing Independent Sen. Joe Manchin's seat in West Virginia and GOP's Bernie Moreno ousting Sherrod Brown in Ohio. Those two flips were enough to give the GOP the outright majority as several other race results are still incoming. A Spanish diplomat, who declined to give their name, said: 'I’m still hoping for Kamala, but I’m an optimist'. While a colleague added: 'I am manifesting Kamala. I fear I will have to go to sleep with Donald Trump in the lead'.
'When a boiler room says to the senior staff that they're gonna win this state, they believe it,' he says of the Trump camp.Team Trump experts share stunning prediction of states he'll winDonald Trump's team is predicting that he'll sweep through several key swing states en route to an electoral victory.Mail Online
04:53Watch: Voters in D.C. react to possible Trump victoryVoters in Washington D.C. have said they would be 'devastated' if Donald Trump wins the race for the White House. Jen O’Malley Dillon, the campaign chair, urged supporters to get some sleep and come back tomorrow 'ready to close out strong' despite momentum building for Donald Trump.The closeness of the race is exactly what we prepared for. While we continue to see data trickle in from the Sun Belt states, we have known all along that our clearest path to 270 electoral votes lies through the Blue Wall states. And we feel good about what we’re seeing.
The veteran lawmaker and former presidential candidate defeated Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred, the Associated Press projected. One glamorous group of women, all pearls and brooches, moves from their position in chairs along the wall to the center of the hall.These are the volunteers from North Carolina who travel the country checking in VIPs and press and making sure the events stay on the rails. This result is extra special for them.
Republican Bernie Moreno flips Ohio Senate seat redRepublican Bernie Moreno just flipped the Ohio Senate race, managing to win a highly-coveted seat from Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.Mail OnlineThe vice-president's victory has given her eight Electoral College votes. First, Iowa has been called for Trump throwing cold water on a shock Des Moines Register poll that was released on Saturday night.
Even though the county also supported Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2022 midterms, the result shows Trump’s strength among a broad spectrum of voters.Miami-Dade is a majority Hispanic district and the vote there may be indicative of a larger movement of Hispanics toward the former president. According to Exit Polls, the Hispanic vote for Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan are also historically strong.
Cheers echoed through the hall. The result was all the sweeter for a weekend poll by respected pollster Ann Selzer, who reported that Harris had a three-point lead.Things are moving Trump's way fast, and the appearance of national spokesperson Karoline Leavitt and other aides suggests he may not be too far away.
04:06Cheers in Michigan as Trump snatches lead in the count – but Detroit is still outstandingThere were cheers inside the Michigan state Republican Party watch party as Donald Trump ticked by Kamala Harris in the state’s vote count. He said hopefully there would be a result tonight in the presidential vote by the state. ‘We will not have created a crack in the wall. We will have obliterated the wall,’ he predicted.
'I think the operative word is silence,' Phillip reported. 'There's not a lot being said, because the Harris team appears to be searching for bright spots in the map, as these results very very, very slowly come in.' Phillip later reported that Kamala campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon sent a memo to staff that said their path is the blue wall and that with the margins so small and so slow to come in 'we'll see you tomorrow.'Maine, 2024 US presidential election results in FULLView the results of the 2024 US presidential election in Maine with our unrivalled catalogue of live-updating maps and charts.
If pro-life activists were supposed to stand down this election and hand Kamala Harris a win on 'reproductive freedom', they certainly didn't get the memo in Florida. The measure's failure will no doubt have national ramifications, if for no other reason than it's a clear signal pro-lifers themselves revived the issue.
03:43First Maricopa County results now coming inThe first results are starting to come in from Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona. Harris appears to have improved on Biden's performance in suburban and exurban counties around Atlanta. However, the paper's Democrat-leaning readership began to bemoan the numbers as it showed Trump as likely to take North Carolina, Georgia and the election.
03:22Trump's chances pass 90 percent on betting marketDonald Trump's chances of victory on the betting site Polymarket are now at 92 percent.On the political betting sire Kalshi, Trump has an 85 percent chance, and Harris 15 percent.03:12Elon Musk is at Mar-a-Lago 03:10New York Times needle giving Trump 70+ percent chance of winning The New York Times' live presidential election needle is showing former President Donald Trump with a 75 percent chance of victory a little after 10 p.m. ET.
When I spoke with President Trump today, I heard the same hopeful, never-haughty, candidate that’s typically the last to think he will win. 03:09Sarah McBride declared winner of Delaware congressional seat, becoming first ever transgender member-electBy Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter in Atlanta for DailyMail.comThe Democrat's victory makes her the first openly transgender member-elect of Congress.McBride beat her Republican opponent John Whalen III with 57.6% of the vote with 63% of the vote counted so far.It means he has added another six votes as he heads towards the magic number of 270.
Carville, a strategist who frequently criticized Democrats for their messaging to voters in the 2024 cycle, was a guest of Amazon's live election coverage hosted by former NBC anchor Brian Williams. Carville said states like North Carolina and Georgia needed more results to make a conclusion, but he indicated he was not impressed.03:00Watch: Donald Trump greeted by cheers at Mar-a-LagoHe may or may not speak at the convention center across the water in West Palm Beach, probably depending on whether results are going his way.
02:42Some glimmers of hope for the Harris campaign in Georgia, North Carolina as returns are tilting TrumpBy Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent at Howard University Democrat Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, defeated Republican challenger Courtney Kramer, a former White House legal intern in the Trump administration.
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tried to make a comeback in Maryland politics after competing his second consecutive gubernatorial term last year. Republican Larry Hogan's hopes of a political comeback are crushedFormer Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan sought a job in national politics, but was unable to move past a state-wide position in Tuesday's elections.Mail OnlineDonald Trump is getting about a 20 percent support among black voters, according to an NBC exit poll.
News Live Blog Wisconsin US Politics Michigan Nevada Pennsylvania Kamala Harris North Carolina Donald Trump Georgia Arizona
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US election 2024 LIVE updates as America decides between Donald Trump and Kamala HarrisLatest updates and results as they are announced from the US presidential election
Read more »
Presidential election 2024 Live: Harris and Trump make final pitch to voters before US electionKamala Harris and Donald Trump are on the campaign trail making their last pitch to voters before Tuesday's presidential election.
Read more »
US election 2024: How many electoral college votes Trump and Harris have so farWho is currently winning the US presidential election 2024 between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Read more »
Budget 2024: Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves hands Scottish Government extra £3.4bnThe Labour Chancellor has announced the 'largest real-terms funding settlement' for devolved governments in 25 years.
Read more »
US election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris neck and neck in pollsHarris has a two-point lead over Trump, as campaigning is set to enter its final fortnight
Read more »
US presidential election 2024 poll tracker for Trump vs HarrisLatest polls show who is ahead nationally to become the next president in the US election
Read more »