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Election Day is not a federal holiday, but some states have made it a state holiday. So the impact of today’s polling on your plans for today ultimately comes down to where you live.
Of the 14 states that recognize Election Day as a public holiday, five of them require employers to provide paid time off for voting. Here is the complete list: Hawaii (Paid time off)
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. [3] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota.
Nevada is another potentially pivotal swing state and will have open polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time on Election Day, making it the latest of the expected swing states to close its polls ...
01:00 AM: Polls close in Western Alaska using Hawaii–Aleutian Time. All polls are now closed. 02:24 AM: Pennsylvania is the next swing state to be called, being called for Donald Trump. [469] 02:54 AM: Emmanuel Macron, President of France, congratulates Donald Trump. [470]
Tennessee (for areas on Central Time) Texas. Vermont. Wyoming. States with polls closing at 7:30 p.m. The following states will close their polls at 7:30 p.m.local time on Election Day: Arkansas ...
Among democracies, over 80 percent saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election. [8] This is the first time this has ever happened since 1905 (when data was first recorded) and the first time in the history of democracy , as universal suffrage began in 1894.
By this measure as well, 2024 was a historically close election. Since the end of World War II, only three elections had popular-vote margins smaller than Trump's current 1.6-point lead: 1960 ...