Trump or Harris? Millions of Americans set to decide next president

Voters crossed 50 states are preparing to formed their ballots aft a bitterly contested US predetermination campaign, which volition spot Donald Trump oregon Kamala Harris go president.

In the past fewer hours, some candidates person been giving their last pitches. "The momentum is connected our side," Ms Harris told a assemblage successful Philadelphia that chanted back, "We volition win".

"Tonight, then, we decorativeness arsenic we started: with optimism, with energy, with joy," she said, portion enjoying the enactment of personage endorsements connected the time from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi.

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In contrast, Mr Trump ended his run successful Michigan, repeating cardinal messages astir the system and immigration.

A fistful of states volition play a important relation successful determining the result of the election. Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin clasp the keys to the White House.

To go president, the winning campaigner needs 270 electoral votes oregon more, with each authorities carrying a antithetic fig of votes.

But the absorption has been connected Pennsylvania which carries 19 electoral votes, the astir of each the plaything states.

It has been a singular travel for some candidates - with Mr Trump surviving 2 assassination attempts and Ms Harris not adjacent primitively successful the running.

For much than a year, the 2024 statesmanlike contention seemed destined for a rematch betwixt Joe Biden and Mr Trump - but a disastrous TV statement by Mr Biden yet forced him to retreat from the ticket.

The Democratic party's determination to regenerate Mr Biden with his vice president transformed the contention and shifted polls successful Ms Harris's favour. But lone just.

Many polls are excessively choky to telephone and, with a ample borderline of error, astir experts are refusing to foretell the outcome.

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Later, attraction volition crook to those battleground states including Georgia, which is among the archetypal polls to adjacent astatine 7pm section clip (midnight UK time).

State predetermination officials told Sky News they could person a effect arsenic aboriginal arsenic 10pm (3am UK time).

Even so, it could beryllium respective days earlier the US has a definitive result.

Voters are not conscionable selecting a president. In addition, 10 states volition clasp abortion-related ballots, fractional of which would overturn existing restrictions.

Predict who you deliberation volition triumph successful each plaything authorities and we'll archer you who the president volition beryllium if you're right.

Tonight, Sky News volition person entree to the astir broad exit canvass and vote-counting results from each state, region and demographic crossed America done its US-partner web NBC.

You tin find retired much astir Sky News' sum here.