Ballot Counting Underway for 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

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Ballot counting is well underway for one of the tightest presidential elections in the United States history.   As voters express mixed feeling about candidates... some states have been called.   But all eyes are on the seven swing states that could decide the outcome of the presidential election.

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00:00Vote counting is well underway for one of the tightest presidential battles in US history.

00:10Millions of voters headed to the polls to make their choice for the country's next

00:13leader, deciding on the direction of the United States for the next four years.

00:19And the two main candidates represent two sharply different visions for the country.

00:26After running for a second term in office after losing a re-election bid in 2020 and

00:37surviving two assassination attempts, Republican candidate Donald Trump cast his ballot in

00:42his home state of Florida.

00:45In the four years since his presidency, Trump's had 34 felony convictions, but he's not

00:50lost support among his base with his message of putting America first and protecting its

00:54democracy by tightening rules on immigration.

00:58Side by side with wife Melania, the Republican candidate appeared optimistic.

01:02I feel very confident.

01:04I have felt.

01:05You know, we went in with a very big lead today, and it looks like Republicans have

01:10shown up in force.

01:13After losing the polls in 2020, he alleged cheating and called on his supporters to protect

01:18their vote, which resulted in deadly riots as they attacked the Capitol.

01:24After vowing to unite a divided country, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris ran a historic campaign.

01:30The incumbent vice president of Jamaican and South Asian descent could be the first woman

01:35to win the presidency.

01:38Her policies have been attacked as too liberal, while Trump has taken aim at her handling

01:42of the U.S. border.

01:45On election day, Harris was greeted by cheering crowds at the DNC headquarters in Washington,

01:50D.C.

01:51This truly represents the best that we are.

01:55Just reaching out to folks, letting them know that we're all in it together, reminding them

02:01of the power of their votes and their voice.

02:04This is just the best, best, best.

02:07And I just thank you all so very much.

02:09Nationwide voting has been mostly orderly, despite bomb threats at some polling stations

02:16across the country.

02:18Votes the FBI say are not credible and originated in Russia, as state authorities called for calm.

02:24Because we understand how polarized America is, and we know how sometimes people want

02:28to take advantage of that, and a lot of that is foreign state actors that don't have our

02:32best, you know, our best outcome in their hearts.

02:37Despite those disturbances, there was a huge turnout in key battleground states, where

02:42Trump and Harris are neck and neck.

02:45The Democratic Party is expressing mixed feelings about the candidates, with key issues on their

02:49minds including the economy, immigration, abortion, and the fate of democracy.

02:54I voted for her, Kanye Harris, because I don't think it's right for anybody to dictate to

03:00women what to do with their bodies.

03:03We have enough problems as it is, of just being a woman.

03:07So I don't think it's right for anybody to dictate to any female to tell them what to

03:13do with their body.

03:14Today I voted for Donald Trump, and I really disagree with all of his policies, and my

03:21convictions align with his beliefs a little bit more than the other parties.

03:27Voters are now watching as some of the country's 50 states are called, but tallies in the seven

03:31swing states are the main focus.

03:35Outcomes in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania

03:41are thought to hold the keys to the White House.

03:45The results could take days to be finalized, and are now in the hands of ballot counters

03:50across the country.

03:52Dolphine Chen and Rosie Greninger for Taiwan Plus.

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