The result for nearly half the country will be devastating, after an election campaign with twists and turns, marked by both violence and joy

As the sun rose on Tuesday, there was something reassuringly familiar about the rituals that election day in America would bring: long queues of voters, candidates casting their own ballots, TV experts tapping their electoral map touchscreens and a steady flow of results from safe blue states and red states.

But something is different this time.

When do polls close?

Trump v Harris on key issues

What’s at stake and what else to know

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