Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a number of states such as Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, while Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is almost assured of victory in Vermont, Edison Research predicted as the points dropped. Voting began closing in nine US states. To win, a US presidential candidate needs to receive at least 270 electoral votes. Battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expected to be decisive for the victory of one of the two candidates.

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Pennsylvania state officials said Cambria County is counting ballots by hand for ballots that cannot be scanned by machine due to software problems. The hand counting of ballots is usually done by teams of two people. This process will be carefully monitored. Voting hours were also extended in Cambria County after a software issue interrupted voters scanning ballots. US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have spent a record $3.5 billion on campaigning, making the 2024 presidential campaign the most expensive in history, Financial Times reported.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump will not declare victory until the final results are known, his campaign spokesman said. Mr. Trump declared victory early in the 2020 presidential election, and never officially admitted losing to rival Joe Biden. Mr. Trump won states that tend to support the Republican Party including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. Attention is turning to the Eastern battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.