US Election?2024: Donald Trump takes early lead as voting closes in Presidential polls

Republican candidate Donald Trump has taken an early lead, winning close to 100 electoral college votes in the US presidential elections. The winning candidate must secure at least 270 electoral college votes to win the White House.

Initial results are coming in, with US media projecting wins for Trump so far in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Harris has so far captured Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, and the US capital, Washington, DC.

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States where Trump, Harris won

Earlier, voting concluded in most states for what is widely described as the most closely contested US presidential election in recent history. It was expected that at least half of all votes to be cast had already come in by Tuesday, with more than 84 million Americans voting early.

Battle in swing states

Polls closed in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina, some of the closely fought battlegrounds expected to decide the election, but the results there were too early to call, as balloting continued in other parts of the country.

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Trump makes vote fraud claims

As Election Day voting neared its end, Trump made some unsubstantiated claims about voting and law enforcement in the biggest cities in Michigan and Pennsylvania. He said on his social media platform that there was ¡°talk about massive cheating in Philadelphia¡± and said law enforcement was on the way. He did not provide details, and there was no immediate indication of what he was referring to.

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On Tuesday, Trump had suggested he wouldn't challenge the results of the election¡ªas long as it¡¯s fair. ¡°If it¡¯s a fair election, I¡¯d be the first one to acknowledge¡± the results, Trump said.

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