“We have to get it done. Today is voting day and people need to get out and be active,” Harris said on Atlanta radio station WVEE-FM.
In a post on the X platform, Harris said that “today is your last chance to influence this election.”
Meanwhile, Trump on Tuesday urged his supporters to vote regardless of the long lines at the polls.
“The enthusiasm of the voters is enormous,” he wrote to X. “That means the lines will be long! I need you to cast your vote no matter how long it takes. Stay in line!”
“Radical Communist Democrats want you to screw up and go home,” Trump writes.
In the USA, the presidential elections are held today, in which the current vice president Kamala Harris is running from the Democratic Party, competing with the Republican candidate – former president Donald Trump.
This election reflects the deep divisions in American society, which was also demonstrated by the primary campaign, where arguments were basically replaced by mutual insults. A campaign marred by verbal aggression was also marked by at least two assassination attempts against Trump.
Foreign countries have also paid unusually great attention to these elections, as they can have a significant impact on both the war started by Russia against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.
Polls, both nationally and in seven so-called swing states, show the two candidates’ chances are similar and the outcome of the election difficult to predict. This, in turn, has raised concerns that, if the loser refuses to accept his defeat, dissatisfaction with the election results may turn into street protests and even violence.
Despite this, both candidates express strong confidence in their victory, and both sides are additionally inspired by the large number of early voters.
By Monday, the number of those who voted in advance had already exceeded 78 million, which is about half of the total number of Americans who participated in the previous presidential election in 2020.
According to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), a total of 244 million eligible Americans are eligible to vote in the 2024 election.
Source: www.diena.lv
