All eyes on early vote results in key swing state of Georgia

Early results could beryllium released soon successful the cardinal plaything authorities of Georgia arsenic polls statesman closing successful the contention to spot whether Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris volition beryllium the adjacent US president.

As expected, Trump has won his location authorities of Florida and picked up a fewer different blimpish states, portion Kamala Harris has taken wide strongholds specified arsenic Vermont, Maryland and Massachusetts, the BBC's US partner, CBS, is projecting.

But determination is determination is nary wide person truthful acold successful the 7 plaything states that volition yet determine who wins the White House. Exit polls suggest voters rated the authorities of ideology and the system arsenic their astir important issues.

Whichever mode it goes the effect volition beryllium historical - either giving America its archetypal pistillate president oregon marking a seismic governmental comeback for Trump.

A precocious turnout has been predicted, but the result whitethorn not beryllium known for respective days if the results are arsenic adjacent arsenic polls person indicated.

Whoever wins the White House whitethorn person their hands tied by Congress, which is besides up for grabs successful Tuesday’s vote.

Democrats person a slim bulk successful the Senate, portion Republicans narrowly power the House of Representatives.

Republicans took a measurement towards winning power of the Senate connected Tuesday nighttime by wresting a spot successful West Virginia from the Democrats.

But neither enactment seemed to person an vantage successful the House.

Polls person closed successful Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania - 3 of the 7 plaything states expected to find the outcome. The others are Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that by caller authorities law, aboriginal votes successful the Peach State are required to beryllium publically reported 1 hr aft polls close.

"You'll get a batch of results truly quick," helium said.

Around 86 cardinal voters formed their ballots aboriginal amid 1 of the astir turbulent campaigns successful caller American history.

Vice-President Harris, 60, lone became the Democratic Party campaigner successful July, aft President Joe Biden withdrew from the contention nether unit from wrong the party.

Trump, 78, was the people of 2 assassination plots - narrowly avoiding a sniper's slug successful Pennsylvania.

The erstwhile president said helium felt "very confident" arsenic helium voted earlier successful the time adjacent his location successful Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife, Melania.

"If I suffer an election, if it's a just election, I'm going to beryllium the archetypal 1 to admit it," helium said.

He posted earlier connected his societal media platform, Truth Social, saying "law enforcement coming" to Philadelphia due to the fact that of "massive cheating".

Philadelphia's constabulary section told BBC Verify they were unaware of immoderate electoral fraud. The city's apical authoritative said the allegation had "no factual ground whatsoever".

Both sides person armies of lawyers connected standby for ineligible challenges connected and aft predetermination day.

Elon Musk, the world's richest antheral and Trump mega-donor, is spending predetermination nighttime with the Republican nominee astatine his Mar-a Lago edifice successful Florida.

Harris, who voted aboriginal by message successful her location authorities of California, is owed aboriginal to code students astatine Howard University, a historically achromatic assemblage successful Washington DC, wherever she was an undergraduate.

"To spell backmost contiguous to Howard University, my beloved alma mater, and beryllium capable to hopefully recognise this time for what it is is truly afloat ellipse for me," Harris said connected a vigor interrogation earlier.

If she wins, she would go the archetypal woman, achromatic pistillate and South-Asian American to triumph the presidency.

Trump would go the archetypal president to triumph non-consecutive presumption successful much than 130 years. He is besides the lone president to beryllium impeached doubly and the archetypal erstwhile president to beryllium criminally convicted.

Exit polling by CBS suggests that astir a 3rd of voters said the authorities of ideology was their apical concern, retired of the 5 options given.

The system ranked second, with 3 successful 10 voters choosing it, according to the preliminary data.

Abortion and migration followed connected the list, portion overseas argumentation was deemed the slightest important.

In Detroit, Michigan, 1 voter, Melissa Klein, told the BBC: "Women's rights are a huge, immense contented for me. I'm a nurse, I enactment successful obstetrics, I'd ne'er privation to spot a satellite wherever we can't assistance women get the life-saving enactment they need."

In Las Vegas, Nevada, first-time elector Jasmine Perez, 26, said she had formed her ballot for Trump.

"What truly attracted maine to Donald Trump is I'm a Christian," Ms Perez told AP quality agency. "I similar that helium openly promotes Christianity successful America."

Law enforcement agencies nationwide are connected precocious alert for imaginable violence.

About 30 weaponry threats hoaxes targeted election-related locations nationwide connected Tuesday, much than fractional of them successful the authorities of Georgia alone, reports CBS.