Voters flocked to the polls at dawn on election day after Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump gave their final campaign speeches on Monday.

In the swing state of North Carolina, voters lined up before sunrise to cast votes that could be decisive in the closest race for the White House in decades.

Pennsylvania, another battleground state, also drew long lines first thing on election day Tuesday as voters raced to cast their ballots before heading to work; In Texas, voters participated in the election despite heavy rain.

Some voters traveled to St. Louis for this event. They dressed like a mother-daughter duo in St. Petersburg, Florida, wearing all white and sashes that read “Women Voters.”

Dawn Goddard and her 18-year-old daughter, Ilene Goddard, said they were excited to cast their votes for Kamala Harris.

The first votes in the country were cast just after midnight in the small town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. (Image: A resident voting at Tillotson House in town)

Voters gather in St. Louis before polls open on Election Day in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on November 5. People line up outside the polling station at St. John’s Windish Evangelical Lutheran Church

Some voters traveled to St. Louis for this event. They were dressed as a mother-daughter duo in St. Petersburg, Florida, wearing all-white outfits and sashes that read “Voters for Women.” Dawn Goddard (left) and her daughter Ilene Goddard (right) said they were excited to vote for Kamala Harris.

“I brought her to vote in 2016 and we were very hopeful at the time,” Dawn Goddard said. ‘And today we are even more hopeful.’

Meanwhile, at another polling station in the same city, voters were greeted with a life-size cardboard statue of Donald Trump erected by a fan near the polling station.

The first votes in the country were cast just after midnight in the small town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

The results were too close to call, as half a dozen voters were split three to three between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

In fact, this is a sharp change from 2020, when Joe Biden outpaced all five people who voted against Trump.

With midnight voting on Election Day, Dixville Notch had the first results of its primary election, the first in the nation since 1960.

At another polling station in St Petersburg, Florida, voters were greeted by a life-size cardboard statue of Donald Trump erected by a fan near the polling station.

In the pivotal state of North Carolina, voters lined up before sunrise to cast votes that could be decisive in the closest race for the White House in decades.

Image: Voters line up outside the polling station at Donegan Elementary School as the polls open on Election Day in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Image: People vote at a polling place on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 5

A child watches his father vote for the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, November 5, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Voters wait in a long line at the start of Election Day in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 5, 2024

Last major poll shows Harris After eliminating the gender gap, he entered Election Day 4 points ahead of Trump.

According to the latest data, 60-year-old Harris receives the support of 51 percent of voters PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Trump gets support from 47 percent.

The poll found Harris’ rise came after Trump’s lead among male voters narrowed significantly in the final days before the election.

Trump, 78, previously had a 57 percent lead among male voters, but now leads only 51 percent to Harris’ 47 percent. However, Democrats’ lead among women fell from 18 points to 11 points.

Image: People wait in line to vote at a polling station in Smyrna, Georgia, on Election Day, November 5, 2024

Image: People line up to vote outside a polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Election Day, November 5, 2024

Image: Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Election Day

Voters wait in line at Oakmont United Methodist Church in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburban community outside Pittsburgh, on November 5, 2024.

People vote while others wait in line at the polling station at Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina in Mecklenburg County on November 5, 2024

Analysts say the Marist poll’s top line results are nearly identical to the 2020 election, which reported Joe Biden leading Trump 51 to 47 percent.

The outcome of this year’s knife-edge election, which has become the closest race to the White House in decades, is too close to predict and could potentially come down to a few thousand votes in seven key states.

The poll found Harris with a 4-point lead over Trump nationally; That’s just outside the survey’s 3.5-point margin of error.

An election worker returns a voter’s identification card during the check-in process to receive the ballot. North Carolina requires voters to present voter ID

Image: Voters voting in Washington DC