One of the worst battles for the White House in recent memory comes to an end on Tuesday. Americans head to the polls and are tasked with choosing between two candidates, each of whom presents the election as a fight to protect the integrity, democracy, and security of the nation.
Unlike Canadians, Americans vote directly on who they want to be president. This year’s choices are Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Republican candidate Donald Trump, or a third-party candidate.
Voting opening times vary by state and even county to county, but typically the first votes open on the East Coast at 6 a.m. ET and the last in Alaska at 8 p.m. local time (1 a.m. ET). Exit.
voters had More than 80.5 million items returned Early voting as of Monday.
Harris, 60, said she intended to vote early to show voters the different options available. Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, similarly voted in his home state last week. President Joe Biden also voted early in his home state of Delaware.
Trump, 78 years old I said it before He had intended to vote before Election Day, but now plans to vote on Tuesday.
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How candidates spend their day
Campaign communications director Michael Tyler said Harris spent Tuesday conducting radio interviews in all seven battleground states, posing a risk to the final voters “on their way to work, on their way home, on their lunch break.” He said he was planning to “get people to understand.” .
Harris attended a campaign rally in Washington on January 6, 2021, at the same location where Trump spoke to his supporters before storming the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of Biden’s election victory. A closing argument will be held. Harris last spoke at the same venue. week.
President Trump is then scheduled to deliver his final speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, mansion. The adviser characterized the speech as a “prelude” to Harris’s address in the nation’s capital.
As usual, each candidate will need 270 electoral votes to win the White House.
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Previously, results were known within hours of election night. If the presidential election is extremely close and mail-in voting is the deciding factor, there will be no clear winner Tuesday night.
The election of the next US president will have an important impact on Canada as well. The two countries are top allies on the world stage and each other’s largest customers, with annual trade worth billions of dollars.
Walz said at his election eve event Monday that voters’ choices will have an impact far beyond the next presidential term.
“Folks, this is going to be tough,” Walz said at a rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin. “We know there is a lot of anxiety, but the decisions made in the next 24 to 36 hours after voting closes will not only shape the next four years, but the next generation. .”
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