Election 2024 live updates: Latest Trump vs Harris presidential race news, polls and results

Watch live as a US presidential election map animates states turning red or blue as each is called for either the Democrats or Republicans on Tuesday, 5 November.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris made their final pitches to voters on Monday before voters went to the polls.

As election workers count the ballots and voting data is released, media outlets will begin to call states in favor of either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump this evening. While outlets will likely call the final result in the days or week(s) after 5 November, their determination is only ever a projection. The election will be officially certified on 6 January by Congress.

The economy and the state of US democracy are among the top issues cited by voters in NBC News’s exit poll, according to the preliminary results.

The Republican chose to close out his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with personal attacks on Harris, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and their fellow California Democrat Adam Schiff.

The Democrat was joined in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots while Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera supported her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.

At midnight, the first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire – a tradition going back almost 65 years.

Allies and friends of former president Donald Trump are publicly projecting confidence, despite signs that his campaign hasn’t brought out enough voters to give him the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump aides began trickling in to the West Palm Beach, Florida hotel next to the convention center where the campaign’s watch party is to take place, starting around early afternoon.

One of Trump’s closest and longest-serving confidantes, social media guru and senior adviser Dan Scavino, told The Independent that things were “looking good” when asked for his read on what verdict voters would render once the votes are all counted.

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Police have arrested a man who smelled of fuel and was carrying a flare gun into the US Capitol on Election Day.

The 28-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon as he entered the building through the Capitol Visitor Center. He had a torch, flare gun and lighter in his jacket as he tried to enter.

“Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC),” the US Capitol Police wrote in a statement. “The man smelled like fuel, had a torch & a flare gun.”

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The Harris campaign is optimistic about the high turnout among Puerto Rican voters in Philadelphia.

They’re also seeing plenty of enthusiasm among college students, citing lines at one Pennsylvania university being up to seven hours long.

In North Carolina, rural Republican turnout is lower, according to a small sample of a few counties. Meanwhile, turnout is looking high in the city of Durham.

About three-quarters of voters have a negative view of how things are progressing in the country, according to the CNN exit poll.

About one-quarter say they are enthusiastic or satisfied with the current situation in the US. More than four out of 10 say they’re dissatisfied while about three in 10 say they’re angry.

But at the same time, more than six out of 10 voters said America’s best days lay ahead, with about a third saying they’re in the past.

A majority disapprove of President Joe Biden’s job performance, with about four in 10 saying they approve.

Donald Trump is furious at Fox News for playing a clip of Oprah Winfrey speaking at a rally for Kamala Harris where she warned the former president might end democratic elections in the US.

Speaking as he cast his own vote on Tuesday, the Republican said Winfrey should be “ashamed” of herself for the comments.

“I think it’s ridiculous,” he told reporters. “Oprah, I was on one of her last show or one of her last shows and they pick the biggest people and all of that and made a big deal and actually, I’m disappointed. I think Oprah has become a major divider in our country and I think frankly she should be ashamed of herself.”

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Kamala Harris made surprise calls to voters on Election Day as she joined a phone-banking session in Washington DC on Tuesday, 5 November.

The vice president appeared at the Democrat party’s DC headquarters to drum up support, joining volunteers to call people across the country to encourage them to vote or ask if they have done so already.

Ms Harris and her opponent, Republican former president Donald Trump, made their final pitches to voters on Monday – the last full day of campaigning.

The first in-person votes were cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, at midnight – a tradition going back almost 65 years – with the town’s six registered voters split evenly between the two candidates.

The economy and the state of US democracy are among the top issues cited by voters in NBC News’s exit poll, according to the preliminary results.

Thirty-five percent said democracy was their top issue while slightly fewer, 31 percent, said the economy. Abortion was the top issue for 14 percent of voters while 11 percent said immigration. Four percent said foreign policy was most important to them.

Both men and women said the state of democracy was their most important issue, with the economy coming in second.

Among men, 12 percent said immigration was their top issue, while 10 percent of women said the same.