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Trump and Harris neck and neck as United States goes to the polls
US VOTERS head to the polls on Tuesday to elect their next president.
Eve-of-election polls gave current Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democrat, a 1.2 per cent lead on average, and narrow leads in key swing states Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin — but she was neck and neck with Republican former president Donald Trump in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
State-by-state results determine the outcome, with presidents not elected on the highest number of votes nationally but by securing a majority of the electoral college, with each state delivering a number of electors based on the size of its representation in Congress.
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