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After a rocky campaign season, the nation will decide who wins the White House. Control of the Senate and House will also be determined.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.âJust before daybreak, cars started to arrive at the Olde Providence Elementary School voting precinct in Charlotte, a city typically won by Democrats in state and federal elections.
Sarah Pierrie, 37, was one of the first voters in line. She was prepared to cast her ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris.
âI have two young daughters, so preserving their rights to make decisions for themselves about their health and their body is important to me,â Pierre told The Epoch Times between sips of coffee on a rain-soaked morning.
ATLANTAâElizabeth Gonzalez, a 61-year-old instructor, was first in line at the Buckhead Library polling location in Atlanta, Georgia. She arrived shortly after 5 a.m. because she said this election was especially important.
âIâve just always been part of history because I’ve been to Afghanistan twice, that’s part of history,â she said.
She was reluctant at first, but waited almost two hours to cast her vote early.
PITTSBURGH â Bill Wekselman is an older-looking man decked out in political campaign pins, including one for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrat presidential nominee.
Wekselman, a Democrat committeeman, described former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, as âdangerous,â and pointed to Trump challenging the 2020 election results.
He told The Epoch Times that abortion and foreign policy are the issues he cares most about this election.
PITTSBURGHâEmilie Martza, a young voter, said she cast her ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrat presidential nominee.
Talking to The Epoch Times outside Shaare Torah Congregation after voting on Nov. 5, she said the issues she cares most about are the Israel-Gaza conflict, abortion, gay marriage, and the economy.
Martza said she understands the importance of being a voter in a state that could decide the election.
RICHMOND, Va.âTwo dozen voters lined up at the Shenandoah Community Association polling station in Richmond before the polls opened at 6 a.m.
The precinctâa swing zone in its own rightâis located in a solid red Congressional District (VA-1) and voted for a Democratic candidate by a 5 percent margin in 2022. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin won the precinct by 2.5 percent in 2021.
Voters line up before polls open at 6 a.m. at the Shenandoah Community Association in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 5, 2024. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times
PITTSBURGH â Andrew Fitzpatrick, one of the first voters in line at Shaare Torah Congregation, told The Epoch Times on Nov. 5 that he might move to Europe if his candidate loses, though he said that would âprobably notâ happen.
Any move abroad would depend on if the winner grants funding for infrastructure such as green infrastructure in Pennsylvania, Fitzpatrick said.
The environment, âhuman rights, dignity, decency,â are issues he said he cares most about this election.
LAS VEGASâMore than 1 million Nevadansânearly 53 percent of registered votersâhave cast ballots in the 2024 election with Republicans turning out in higher numbers than Democrats in a battleground state where the Nov. 5 election will be decided by nonpartisans.
According to the Nevada Secretary of Stateâs daily 9 a.m. update on Nov. 4, 1,072,640 of 2.03 million registered Nevadans had voted by mail or during the Oct. 19-Nov. 1 early voting period.
Registered Republicans had cast 405,602, 43 percent, of those votes, with 247,263 voting early in-person and 158,339 by mail, according to state data. Thatâs two-thirdsâ67 percent of the stateâs 600,000 registered Republicans.
The White House in Washington on Sept. 29, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
There are 77 days between the Nov. 5 election and the Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration of the next president, during which time the president-elect will ready his or her administration to take over from President Joe Biden.
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during early voting for the US general election at a polling station at Ottawa Hills High School in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 3, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images
While Americansâ attention has mostly been focused on the top-of-the-ticket presidential race, the contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris isnât the only one that will determine the balance of power in 2025.
The two major parties are also competing for control of the House, seen as a toss-up, and the Senate, which Republicans are favored to win. More than 140 ballot measures will also be considered across the United States.
Here are the biggest races to keep an eye on as results come in on Nov. 5 and the days following.Seven states are expected to determine the outcome of the presidential race: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada. Three othersâMinnesota, New Hampshire, and Nebraskaâs 2nd congressional district, which awards one electoral vote, are rated toss-ups by RealClearPolitics.
People wait in line to vote on the last day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 1, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images
Results will start rolling in at 6 p.m. EST on Election Day.
Starting with Kentucky, which closes at 6 p.m. EST, and ending with Alaska and Hawaii, which close at midnight, results will come in every hour.
The largest set of states close their polls at 8 p.m. Every time listed in this article is Eastern Standard Time.
Election workers open envelopes and sort ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix on Oct. 23, 2024. Olivier Touron /AFP via Getty Images
As polls close on Nov. 5, Americans will be eager to learn the result of the presidential election. Sometimes experts are able to accurately predict a winner on election night or early the next day, usually when the result is lopsided.
In close elections, it can take several daysâeven weeksâto find out who won. Hereâs what weâll be watching on election night, and when both unofficial and official results may be available.
What Are the Battleground States?
Battleground statesâalso called swing statesâare those that will likely determine the which presidential candidate wins the White House, depending which way they swing.
Technically, thatâs true of all states. Yet some states have reliably favored one party or the other for decades, so thereâs little doubt about who will win in 2024.
People head into a polling location to cast their votes on the last day of early voting for the 2024 election in Atlanta on Nov. 1, 2024. Megan Varner/Getty Images
President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that the U.S. economy is âthe envy of the world.â That message, however, doesnât seem to be resonating with many voters who are heading to the polls to elect the next president on Nov. 5.
In battleground states, dozens of voters interviewed by The Epoch Times said that the economy is one of their top concerns and discussed how their lives have been affected by rising costs over the past four years.
Maria Orozco, a nurse from Fort Valley, Georgia, is a supporter of former President Donald Trump who says the economy is her single most important issue.
More than 82 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 general election, according to data collected by the UF Election Lab. Millions more will add their ballots to the mix as polls open across the country on Tuesday.
Hereâs a rundown of everything voters should know:
Poll workers demonstrate how ballots are received, processed, scanned, and stored on Election Day, at the Philadelphia Election Warehouse on Oct. 25. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images
Early voting has exploded in popularity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some voters still prefer to cast their ballots in person on Election Day.
For those preparing to join those lines, here are the answers to some common questions they might have.
When Is Election Day?
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Am I Eligible to Vote?
Only U.S. citizens ages 18 or older are permitted to vote in federal elections.
Additionally, all states and territories except North Dakota require voter registration.
(Left) Joe Rogan in Jacksonville, Fla., on April 9, 2022. (Right) Former President Donald Trump in Flint, Mich., on Sept. 17, 2024. James Gilbert, Scott Olson/Getty Images
Podcaster Joe Rogan has formally endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the eve of Election Day.
In a Nov. 4 statement posted on X, accompanying a video of his interview with Elon Musk, Rogan said during the podcast the billionaire had made the âmost compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.â
Supporters wait in line to enter a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Macon, Ga., on Nov. 3, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images
ATLANTAâVoters in Georgia have been inundated with appeals for their supportâcampaign rallies, texts, and calls encouraging them to donate to one candidate or the other, and perpetual advertisementsâfor months now.
Billboards, yard signs, and bumper stickers expressing support for one candidate or the other litter Buckhead, a neighborhood to the north of Atlantaâs city center.
Several Atlanta residents told The Epoch Times theyâre sick of it, and look forward to the end of the election season.
(Left) Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Oct. 18, 2024; (Right) Former president Donald J. Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 26, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images; Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
News Analysis
The 2024 road to the White House has been riddled with more potholes, landmines, and detours than anyone could have imagined.
Amid a string of historic events, a few stand out as the most pivotal. The Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, faced multiple criminal and civil court cases, and survived two assassination attempts. His opponent for the majority of the two-year campaign, President Joe Biden, exited the race after a difficult debate; then the Democratic Party chose Vice President Kamala Harris as a last-minute replacement to oppose Trump.
People wait in line to vote on the last day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on Nov. 1, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images
With the hours ticking down to the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5, many voters on both sides of the political aisle worry about the outcome, they told Epoch Times reporters dispatched across the country.
Itâs no wonder. Itâs been a longâand unusually chaoticâelection cycle.
After being beaten as the incumbent in 2020, former President Donald Trump announced his intention to run again in mid-November 2022, just shy of two years before Election Day 2024.
Epoch Times reporters Lawrence Wilson and Emel Akan, and national editor Ivan Pentchuokov work behind glowing screens of laptop computers in a darkened upper seating area during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times
For more than a year, Epoch Times journalists have followed presidential campaigns and candidates across the country.
From the attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, to violent protests outside the Democratic National Convention, to âspin roomâ drama after Trumpâs debate with President Joe Biden, we were there covering the news for you.
Today, we divert from our normâputting aside our personal preferences and feelings and presenting all sides of an issue or event with neutralityâto reveal how we really felt and what we learned during one of the most turbulent presidential races in American history.
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