Election Day Is Here! What To Know About Kamala Harris & Donald Trump’s Final Efforts To Secure Votes

As mentioned, Tuesday ushered in the highly-anticipated Election Day 2024. Trump planned to vote in his adopted home state of Florida on Tuesday. He will then spend the day at his Mar-a-Lago estate before a party at a nearby convention center. Harris already voted by mail in her home state of California. She’ll have a watch party at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C.

Voters nationwide also decided thousands of other races that will affect everything from Congress control to state ballot measures on abortion access. According to the AP, more than 82 million people voted early.

The early turnout in Georgia resulted in over four million ballots cast. A top official in the secretary of state’s office, per AP, said Election Day could look like a “ghost town” at the polls.

By the time early voting in North Carolina ended on Saturday, over 4.4 million voters—or nearly 57% of all registered voters in the state—had cast their ballots. As of Monday, turnout in the 25 western counties affected by Hurricane Helene was even stronger, at 59% of registered voters, per state election board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell.

While Election Day is here, it’s not guaranteed that Americans will learn who the new president is today. In the 2020 presidential race, it took four days to declare a winner. However, no matter who wins, history is set to be made.

Kamala Harris, 60, would be the first woman, Black woman, and person of South Asian descent to serve as president. She would also be the first sitting vice president to win the White House in 32 years.

Meanwhile, Trump, 78, would be the oldest president ever elected. He would also be the first defeated president in 132 years to win another term in the White House and the first person convicted of a felony to take over the Oval Office.

If Trump wins, it would all but ensure he avoids going to prison after being found guilty of his role in hiding hush-money payments to an adult film actress during his first run for president in 2016. His sentencing in that case could occur later this month. Upon taking office, Trump could end the federal investigation into his effort to overturn the 2020 election results.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates, and see below what Americans in swing states and counties had to say to TSR Investigates’ Justin Carter ahead of Election Day.

Associated Press staff Jill Colvin, Darlene Superville, Bill Barrow, Christina A. Cassidy, Ali Swenson, and Steve Peoples contributed to this report.