Trump takes early lead in predicted election results as polls close across US

The Republican campaigner inched up successful the aboriginal hours of the race, with predicted wins successful solidly reddish states including Florida, Texas and Alabama outnumbering Ms Harris’ wins successful Democrat strongholds including New York and Illinois.

There person been nary large surprises successful the predetermination truthful far, but important battleground states including Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are yet to beryllium called, and could extremity the equilibrium successful the contention to beryllium the adjacent US president.

The neck-and-neck contention volition person a sweeping interaction connected planetary politics, including successful the UK wherever Sir Keir Starmer’s Government whitethorn person to grapple with upheaval successful America’s information and defence attack if Mr Trump wins.

Seven states are considered alleged plaything states successful this year’s election, with Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin besides among them.

If the results of voting travel predictions by the Associated Press, Mr Trump volition person gained 177 votes successful the electoral college, and Ms Harris 99 with the existent states which person been called.

Under the US voting system, a full of 270 votes successful the assemblage are needed to triumph the presidency.

The predetermination has mostly unfolded smoothly crossed the USA, contempt immoderate voters suffering delays successful casting their ballots, and a spate of what the FBI described arsenic non-credible weaponry threats.

The system – and reducing ostentation – is simply a cardinal contented for Americans according to exit polling, but different areas of interest for voters are information connected the US’s confederate borderline with Mexico, protecting ideology and termination rights.

As they instrumentality portion successful the statesmanlike poll, 10 states crossed the US volition ballot connected whether to enshrine the close to termination successful law.

The UK Government has been moving hard to triumph implicit Mr Trump successful lawsuit helium is re-elected, aft a trans-Atlantic spat developed successful caller weeks implicit Labour Party volunteers heading to the US to run for his rival.

Sir Keir is expected to beryllium pursuing the results of the US election, but his authoritative spokesperson did not accidental whether the Prime Minister would beryllium staying up overnight to ticker the results rotation in.

Some Cabinet ministers person successful the past made scathing criticisms of Mr Trump portion Labour was successful opposition, including Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

Despite erstwhile describing Mr Trump arsenic an “odious small man” successful a societal media post, Mr Streeting insisted “there volition beryllium a truly bully moving relationship” if helium is elected.

The Republican campaigner would apt illustration a caller US people connected large conflicts successful Ukraine and the Middle East, areas wherever Sir Keir has mostly followed the pb of US President Joe Biden.

Former Conservative premier curate Boris Johnson has voiced concerns astir what the effect mightiness mean for planetary affairs, telling Channel 4 News: “The happening that truly worries maine close present is Ukraine and the aboriginal of ideology successful that country.

“I deliberation determination is simply a hazard immoderate happens successful this predetermination that determination volition beryllium a catastrophe successful Ukraine.”

In cardinal London, Democrat supporters surviving successful the UK appeared assured their efforts to “get retired the vote” of Americans overseas was “second to none”.

Democrats Abroad UK seat Kristin Wolfe told PA: “This is happening each implicit the satellite – we are turning retired overseas voters.

“We’re going to triumph this thing.”

Chairman of the Republicans Overseas UK radical Greg Swenson meantime told the PA quality bureau determination is “considerable optimism” implicit a Trump victory.

Mr Swenson added: “For the archetypal clip we person embraced mail-in and aboriginal voting and it’s paid off.

“It’s inactive excessively adjacent to call, but we consciousness voters volition take prosperity and information done communal consciousness implicit the antagonistic outcomes of the left’s extremist progressive agenda.”