Americans Cast Ballots in a Contentious Election
Tuesday marked the start of election day voting following an unprecedented, and for many, unsettling, US presidential contest that will either hand Donald Trump a worldwide comeback or crown Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president.
In the closest and most intense White House race in recent history, Republican former President Trump, 78, and Democratic Vice President Harris, 60, were tied as polling places opened.
In the swing states that were predicted to determine the election, the bitter rivals had devoted their penultimate day of the campaign to enticing any remaining undecided voters and getting their supporters to the polls. She advocates for peace, yet we are currently so divided. Additionally, she said, “Everything her opponent says is really negative.”
Darlene Taylor, 56, of the same institution, stated that her primary concern is to “close the border.” Taylor claims to be on disability payments. Wearing a homemade Trump jersey, Taylor declared, “We don’t need another four years of high inflation, petrol prices (and) lying.
Congress is also up for grabs. 34 of the Senate’s 100 seats and all 435 of the House of Representatives seats are up for grabs. If the results are as close as polls indicate, the final presidential conclusion may take many days to determine, further escalating tensions in a sharply divided country.
