America decides on Tuesday whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will enter the White House, at the end of a campaign of incredible tension, undecided until the last minute.
Published on 5/11/2024 at 10:00 p.m.
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Lhe polling stations open at 6 a.m. local time on the east coast of the United States (12 p.m. Belgian time) and millions of people will add their votes to the more than 80 million ballots already cast in advance or sent by post. The first results should fall during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
It is impossible to know whether it will take hours or days of counting to decide between the 60-year-old Democratic vice-president and the 78-year-old former Republican leader, whose personalities and visions could not be more different.
Tuesday at midnight, Dixville Notch, a hamlet lost in the forests of New Hampshire on the northeastern border of the United States with Canada, traditionally launched the vote. Like the polls, its six voters were unable to decide between the two candidates: three votes each. The verdict at the polls will be historic in any case.
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