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Democratic US presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University, November 3, 2024, in East Lansing, Michigan
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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