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US elections: Latest polls show Harris, Trump tied as voting under way

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US election 2024 polls are open in more than 40 states, including the seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Millions of voters are registered to cast their ballots across the country. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are going head-to-head in a race that remains too close to call. Harris and Trump have made their final appeals to voters in key battleground states, stressing that the stakes of the November 5 vote could not be higher.Recent polls show the candidates in a neck-and-neck battle nationally and in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan. Phemelo speaks to Executive Director of THE CITY, a news outlet in New York City, Nic Dawes and we are also joined by KayaBiz Presenter Gugulethu Mfuphi from a voting station in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
5 Nov 2024 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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