Topics: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, US News, Politics
You're probably thinking 'have I missed the vote?'. No, the polling stations are still yet to open in most parts of the US.
But things are a little different in the unincorporated community of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, just a 40-minute drive from Canada.
There's only six people living in the miniature community, but the early results declaration may just detail the week we're about to witness with both Democrat and current Vice-President Kamala Harris and the Republican former president Donald Trump tied.
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Following all six registered voters having slipped their sheets in the ballot shortly after midnight, Dixville Notch declared the first results of the 2024 presidential election - which has been a tradition for the community dating all the way back to 1960.
It will be the only place having done so for the next few hours, at least.
Each year, all of its eligible voters visit the now-vacant Balsams Hotel, and like polling stations across the US, their votes remain anonymous.
The votes are then tallied and results announced - usually with more journalists in the room ready to break the news than voters themselves.
Speaking about the results to CNN, townsfolk Les Otten called the early declaration: "A civics lesson for the country.
"If we can help people get out and understand that voting is an important part of their right as an American citizen, that’s perhaps the key to what we’re doing."
He added: "As long as we’re here and we’re property owners and we have, you know, our toothbrush in our bathrooms, we might as well exercise our right to vote."
It is the first time for a while that Dixville Notch voters have been split, in the last two elections they have swung towards the Democratic nominee.
In 2020, there were five unanimous votes for President Joe Biden and four years before that Hilary Clinton won four of seven votes - two went to Trump while one was cast for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
Otten disclosed that he has been 'a Republican ever since I was seven years old' but opted against voting for Trump. Instead, he told the outlet he cast his vote for Harris.
The 75-year-old said: "Nowhere in the Pledge of Allegiance does it say anything about pledging your allegiance to a person.
"And I think at the end of the day, Trump has made it clear that you need to pledge allegiance to him, and he alone can fix this - and that is as anti-democratic as I can understand."
These are the states that have seen very similar levels of support for Republican nominee former POTUS Donald Trump, and the Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris ahead of the US election.
In 2016, Trump won Arizona when he became president, but in 2020, he lost it narrowly to President Joe Biden.
A recent poll conducted by Emerson College and The Hill between October 30 - November 2 with 900 likely voters showed Trump with 50 percent and Harris with 48 percent.
Trump also won the state of Georgia in 2016, but once again lost it to President Biden in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes.
This marked the first time a Democratic candidate had won the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Similarly to Arizona, Emerson College's poll in Georgia out of 800 likely voters showed Trump with 50 percent and Harris with 49 percent.
After almost three decades of being a Democratic state, Trump won Michigan in 2016. But the state flipped in President Biden's favor in 2020.
The recent poll in Michigan by Emerson College stands at 50 percent for Harris and 48 percent for Trump out of 790 likely voters.
Nevada has been a blue state for the last four presidential elections, but this time around, the possibility is high of it flipping and becoming a red state.
The recent poll conducted with 790 likely voters came gave a complete tie, with both Trump and Harris showing 48 percent.
This usually Republican state is still recovering from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene, but the poll of 860 likely voters came out at 49 percent for Trump and 48 percent for Harris.
President Biden took the state of Pennsylvania after Trump won it in 2020, but the poll of 1,000 likely voters is leaning ever so slightly in Trump's favour - he's showing 49 percent, while Harris shows 48 percent.
A classically Democratic state, Wisconsin was flipped by Trump in 2016. But it was flipped back in 2020 by President Biden, and the recent poll of 800 likely voters has given a tie between Trump and Harris, with both showing 48 percent.
