Polls have closed in the key swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, as the nation awaits the results of a nail biter presidential election.
Tallies are underway in Georgia and North Carolina, where polls closed earlier, but the race remains too close to call in those states. Donald Trump performed particularly well in Florida, where he was projected to win by the Associated Press.
Kamala Harris was hoping to hang on to the “blue wall” states — Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan — all of which were won by Joe Biden in 2020.
The A.P. also called Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, and several other traditionally red states for Trump. Harris was projected to win Illinois, Maryland, New York, and other blue states where polls had closed.
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“We’re early in the night,” John King said on CNN, around 9 p.m. ET. “Nobody has broken serve yet.”
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About 45 minutes later, Democratic pundit James Carville concurred that it was still too early to say how the election was swinging.
“We got a lot of football left here,” he said, appearing on Amazon Prime. “We really do.”
Anecdotal reports indicated heavy turnout across the country.
“Turnout is off the charts,” reported Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan secretary of state. “All across Michigan.”
Both Harris and Trump spent a portion of the day calling in to radio stations in swing states urging voters to get to the polls.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump sent out an alarm about fraud in Philadelphia on Truth Social.
“A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!” he wrote. “Philadelphia and Detroit! Heavy Law Enforcement is there!!!”
Bomb threats were called in to some polling locations in the Atlanta area, causing some to temporarily close. In Fulton County, five polling locations were expected to be held open a little beyond 7 p.m.
Harris stopped by the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington on Tuesday afternoon, where she thanked volunteers who were phone-banking, and spoke briefly to voters.
“I am well,” she said over the phone, according to a pool report. “Have you voted already? You did? Thank you!”
Trump voted in Florida on Tuesday morning, saying he felt “very confident” about the outcome.
“We went in with a very big lead today, and it looks like Republicans have shown up in force,” he said.
Ballot counting could take several days, particularly in Arizona and Nevada.
“Let the process run its course,” said former President Obama on X. “It takes time to count every ballot.”
