Will Donald Trump return as the US President for a second time or can Kamala Harris script history by becoming the first woman to lead America? The world is watching with bated breath as the US heads into a closely contested and a highly polarised presidential election.
The race to the White House remains very tight with both Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in a dead heat for the popular votes in most swing states.
Early voting has already started in states across America with millions of voters casting their ballots either in person or via mail. But the verdict will only be known after the majority of the country votes.
Here are all the details about the D-Day:
The US presidential elections will be held on Tuesday, November 5. Voting in US always takes place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It is officially called the "Election Day" even as early voting begins across various states.
Once the respective polls close in states, the votes will be counted in each state.
The election window closing times vary from state to state but usually begin from around 7pm local time. The difference in time is due to time zones. The 50 states in US are spread across six standard time zones.
Voters will elect not just the president but Congressional candidates for seats in the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
However, the final results may not be known on the same day since the vote counting can take a few days, and in some states, even weeks. But that does not mean that we won't find out the winner until then.
In America, media outlets usually "call" the election results in real time, based on their own methodology. In 2016, the Associated Press made a product called AP VoteCast, which is used by leading news organizations such as Fox News, NPR, PBS, Univision, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal to determine the winner.
Here's a detailed explanation by AP on how it calls US election results.
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