2024 US election results live updates: Donald Trump v Kamala Harris – first results expected, Trump fraud claim dismissed as ‘wild claim’

Donald Trump He took an early lead in the White House race with wins in the states of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Results so far give Trump 23 Electoral College votes In the race to reach .270. Kamala Harris won Vermont, and with that, three Electoral College votes.

Ex-President claims “massive fraud” in presidential election just hours later He said he would only accept the outcome of the vote if it were “fair”.

Trump made the fraud claim on his Truth Social account, claiming that the incident took place in Philadelphia and that “law enforcement will be coming.”

The Republican candidate’s claim was quickly denied by Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner, who said Trump’s claim of impropriety was “not based on facts at all.”

Krasner said the former president made a “crazy claim.”

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Turnout from women is expected to be high once the first poll results begin to emerge, which could be a boost for the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

Early exit polls show women won nearly 53% of the vote, six points ahead of men and one point ahead of the last election.

Earlier, US police and military were preparing for widespread civil unrest following the attack. presidential election Today.

Barriers have been erected around the Capitol, the White House and key sites in Washington DC as fears grow that a long wait for a result will fuel violence in the streets. Kamala Harris‘ residence.

Authorities expect major protests across the country later in the week; This situation could get worse if some states do not report final results for days. In Washington, Oregon and Nevada, the National Guard was placed on standby to combat riots and civil unrest.

Some election offices in Detroit and Atlanta, the world’s largest cities key swing states Vote counting depots in Michigan and Georgia were placed behind bulletproof glass to protect staff from rioting, while a ballot counting depot in Philadelphia was surrounded by barbed wire.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fonte, who is in charge of certifying the state’s results, said he was wearing a bulletproof vest. In Maricopa County, which includes the state capital of Phoenix, authorities are considering placing snipers on rooftops.

Some election officials were given a panic button to press if they faced any danger during the vote count.

As Americans head to the polls today, the presidential election is still too close to call.

Most pollsters have forecasts within the statistical margin of error for the seven swing states, making it impossible to determine the outcome with certainty.

In some states, almost half of the votes were cast.

Analysis of early voting data shows late support for Democratic nominee Harris, including among women and older voters in some swing states.

Donald TrumpTrump, who maintains his lead in US betting markets and some poll models, used dark rhetoric in the last rallies of the campaign and said he believed the election would be “stolen” by the Democrats.

Some Trump supporters who expected a close result in Harris’ favor said they were ready to take action to challenge her victory. Members of the far-right group Proud Boys, who participated in the January 6 riots, claimed in their Telegram groups that they planned to return to the streets if Trump loses.

A poem posted in the group at the Proud Boys’ Ohio chapter and reviewed by The Telegraph urges other members to “fight.”

The message reads, “The time has come, citizens should stand tall.” “This woke mentality must fall!/His evil ways have been exposed/The Proud American Boy is here to fight!”

The measures followed violence at the Capitol in January 2021, when Trump supporters protested the certification of election results showing Joe Biden winning the presidency. Many of the ringleaders, including members of the Proud Boys, have since been jailed.

Trump faces ongoing legal action over his alleged incitement of rioters.

Any unrest is likely to be most severe in Washington, D.C., and areas where the outcome is close and takes longer to be certified.

In Pennsylvania, which is likely to be the most important state in determining the overall outcome, it could take several days for ballots to be certified because officials will not begin counting mail ballots until election day. The Republican National Committee has mobilized a team of “election integrity” officials and poll watchers who will relay information from states to party headquarters as the results are tallied.

Presidential elections are usually announced by major news outlets within 48 hours of polls closing, but some counts and recounts take up to a month.

According to new data, Kamala Harris was ahead of Donald Trump by 4 percent on the last day of the election campaign yesterday.

PBS News/NPR/Marist’s final pre-election national poll showed Harris with 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for the former President.

The poll’s results suggest Harris’ efforts to cross party lines may have paid off; because 8% of Republicans said they would vote for him; This rate was 5% a month ago. Meanwhile, only 4 percent of Democrats said they would vote for Trump.

The poll also found that the gender gap narrowed significantly in the final days of the race. Previously, Trump was ahead of Harris’s 41% among male voters, with 57%. He currently leads by 51% to 47%.

The survey of 1,297 likely voters, conducted between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, represents a two-point increase for Harris since early October.

This is Research Co. It comes after a separate poll by Reuters found Harris trailing Trump in Pennsylvania with 49% of the vote, one point ahead of Donald Trump, who had 48% of the vote.

More than 80 million voters have already cast ballots, and both candidates spent the final hours of the campaign yesterday doing everything they could to get their remaining supporters to vote.

“We are the ones who will lose,” Trump told his supporters gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“There’s nothing they can do if we get everyone out and vote.”

Harris urged hundreds of volunteers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to enjoy the moment as they went out to knock on doors.

“We all have so much more in common than the things that divide us,” he said.

– Agencies