Election 2024: Day Of Decision

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Following a campaign marked by unprecedented chaos – including weaponized justice, attempted assassinations and an effective coup d’état on the Democrat side – America’s long-awaited day of decision has finally arrived.

Tens of millions of voters will join the 83 million who cast ballots early in deciding who will occupy the White House beginning on January 20, 2025. Will former U.S. president Donald Trump triumphantly return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for four more years? Or will vice president Kamala Harris – who replaced incumbent Joe Biden on the ticket three months ago – make history as the nation’s first female chief executive?

This tumultuous race is expected to come down to seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Among those, Pennsylvania is viewed as the most critical – which is why election day reports of voting irregularities in bright red portions of the state are so concerning.

Trump and Harris both have paths to victory that don’t include the Keystone State, but they involve an exponentially higher degree of difficulty.

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Per rolling averages from RealClearPolling, Trump entered election day with leads in Arizona (+2.8), Georgia (+1.3), North Carolina (+1.2), Nevada (+0.6) and Pennsylvania (+0.4) – while Harris led in Michigan (+0.4) and Wisconsin (+0.4).

Those numbers are all within the margin of error of most political surveys, and have held relatively steady for much of the past week. Meanwhile, Minnesota and New Hampshire – two states which likely still lean toward Harris – have also been designated as toss-ups. Looking at states where polling is more solidly on one side or the other, Iowa, Ohio, Florida and Texas are all listed as “leaning Trump” while Maine, New Mexico and Virginia are listed as “leaning Harris.” If any of those states wind up being in play tonight, we could be headed for an electoral landslide (one way or the other).

Throughout the night, we will be tracking results on our map below – filling in the “expected” outcomes (shaded states) as well as the swing states (which are unshaded) along with any “unexpected” results. Below the map, we’ll be keeping tabs on the electoral vote count… and updating important developments on our live blog.

Most importantly, at the top of this page will be the video feed from our live election night broadcast…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…

Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.

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