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► Opening of polling stations
Polling stations opened in the United States on Tuesday, November 5, presidential election day where Americans are called to choose between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to lead the country.
More than 82 million people have already voted early for the former Republican president or the Democratic vice-president during a bitter campaign marked by multiple twists and turns, with two assassination attempts against Donald Trump and the replacement at the foot raised by Joe Biden by Kamala Harris.
► Very close polls
If we believe the polls, everything will be decided by just a few tens of thousands of votes, in seven so-called pivotal states, or swing states : Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
The United States, a federal country, has a system of indirect universal suffrage, crowning the candidate who manages to gather a majority of the 538 electors, or at least 270.
It is therefore logically in Pennsylvania, which offers the most electors (19) of these « swing states »that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump throw away their last strength.
► Kamala Harris, the revenge
Author of a biography of Kamala Harris and correspondent for The Cross in New York, Alexis Buisson retraces the not always linear journey of the Democratic candidate for the American presidential election, from her election as Attorney General of California in 2003 to her express campaign to try to become the 47th President of the United States.
► Withdrawal of Biden, Trump/Harris debate… Relive the highlights of the campaign
Nearly 240 million American voters are expected to go to the polls after an electoral campaign full of twists and turns. Between the withdrawal of Joe Biden and the two assassination attempts targeting Donald Trump, a look back at the highlights of the campaign.
► Report: Kamala Harris launches her last forces into the battle
Kamala Harris chose Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to recall her troops during her last campaign rally, on the night of Monday to Tuesday. The candidate insisted on the ” freedom “ what voting meant to her, especially for women. At the foot of the stairs of the city’s Art Museum, immortalized in the film Rockythe Democratic candidate recalled: “This could be one of the closest elections in history. Every voice counts. »
► The first voters cast their ballots in New Hampshire
Dixville Notch, a hamlet lost in the forests of New Hampshire on the northeastern border of the United States, launched the vote on Tuesday at midnight, perpetuating a tradition established since 1960, which earned it the title of « First in the Nation » (first in the country).
The vote took only a few minutes, as did the counting and announcement of the results. Like the polls, the six voters in the village were unable to decide between the presidential candidates: three votes went for Kamala Harris and three for Donald Trump.
Apart from the neighboring village of Millsfield which also votes during the night, most polling stations on the East Coast will open at 6 or 7 a.m. (12 or 1 p.m. in France).
► Campaign vocabulary
Caucus, “super tuesday” or “swing states”… In the United States, the voting method is very different from the French system. For example, Americans do not vote for their future president but nominate electors. The vocabulary of American elections is therefore also not always easy to understand.
► Donald Trump promises to lead his country to “new heights”
Donald Trump is promising there “lead America and the world” towards “new heights” during his very last campaign meeting for the presidential election against Kamala Harris.
“With your vote tomorrow, we can solve every problem facing our country and lead America and the world to new heights of glory”declared the Republican candidate on the night of Monday November 4 to Tuesday November 5, during a meeting in Michigan.
► Russia accused of being involved in disinformation operations
Several American intelligence services accused Russia Monday evening of being “actively” involved in disinformation operations in the country’s seven key states that must determine the outcome of the presidential election on Tuesday.
“Russia is the most active threat” in these American states, accused the Federal Police (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in a joint statement.
“These attempts risk inciting violence, including against election officials”these services are alarmed.
