After billions spent and hundreds of events, a divided nation decides
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—A deeply divided and anxious America heads to the polls Tuesday to conclude a presidential election influenced by inflation and marked by historic turbulence, including a late-summer candidate swap and two assassination attempts. After billions in advertising and a small ocean of jet fuel to transport the candidates across the nation for hundreds of campaign events, the final polls showed Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a close race across seven battleground states.
The parties are also battling for congressional control, with forecasters projecting Republicans have good odds of taking the U.S. Senate majority. In the House, the GOP’s current narrow control could be at risk, with the chamber expected to be decided by a few dozen seats.
Trump, who hasn’t accepted his loss in 2020 and trafficked in baseless claims of a rigged election, has suggested he will easily defeat Harris while sowing doubt about voting integrity this year. Harris’s team has said they expect Trump to prematurely declare victory, as he did in 2020. Political observers say a winner may not be apparent on Election Day, if the race is as tight as polls project.
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