What to Know
- Nov. 5, 2024 is Election Day in the United States.
- Residents in most states have been voting for weeks; as of Oct. 31, nearly 60 million mail and early in-person ballots had been cast across the country.
- The tiny New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch was the first in the nation to complete in-person voting. The town’s six voters began casting their ballots at midnight and the vote count was complete 15 minutes later.
- Polls have shown the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to be neck and neck.
- It may take as long as a week for the NBC News Decision Desk to project a presidential winner.
- Other key races across the country will determine the balance of power in Congress.
- Ten states have abortion-related measures on the ballot, a key issue experts say has driven voter turnout in early voting.
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