Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Key swing states to determine fate of Kamala Harris, Donald Trump

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Over 160 million voters voting on Tuesday with election results likely to come down to the wire. Only seven of the 50 states are truly competitive this year, with the rest all comfortably Democratic or Republican, according to public opinion polls.

Swing states play an important role in the ever-shifting electoral landscape and can essentially make or break an election. The ‘purple states’ in the 2024 contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump contribute nearly a 100 electoral votes.

These are located in what is colloquially dubbed the Sun Belt and the Rust Belt and also known as the 'Blue Wall' states. The Sun Belt states comprise Nevada (6), Arizona (11), North Carolina (16) and Georgia (16). The Rust Belt states comprise- Wisconsin (10), Michigan (15) and Pennsylvania (19).

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump both spent the waning hours of their campaigns in the well-trodden swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan — widely seen as critical to winning the White House.

05 Nov 2024, 09:01:12 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Voting equipment breaks down in two counties

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE:  Voting equipment broke down in two Pennsylvania counties soon after polling began on Tuesday.

“Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning. We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election," the Pennsylvania Department of State wrote on X.

05 Nov 2024, 08:45:55 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Will Erie County prove soothsayer yet again?

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Erie County in northwest Pennsylvania is a key area to watch on Tuesday. It has voted for the winning presidential candidate in the last four elections, including Biden in 2020 when he won the county by 1 percentage point. In 2016, Trump won this county by 2 percentage points.

05 Nov 2024, 08:30:32 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: What are the election timings in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Polling places across Pennsylvania opened at 7:00 am Eastern Standard Time (5:30 pm IST) on Tuesday. It will close at 8:00 pm local time — otherwise known as 6.30 am IST on November 6.

05 Nov 2024, 08:15:37 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Baldwin County can serve as an indicator for Black voters

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Baldwin County in central Georgia can serve as a significant indicator of Black voter turnout — with about 40% of voters belonging to the community. This is one place in Georgia where Biden's 2020 margin was narrower than Clinton's in 2016.

05 Nov 2024, 08:03:21 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: How did Pennsylvania vote in the 2020 polls?

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE:Pennsylvania played a key role as President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020. The state currenty offers 19 electoral college votes and voted blue in 2020. The state however backed Donald Trump by a slim margin during the 2016 polls.

05 Nov 2024, 07:46:28 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Barack Obama shares message for voters

05 Nov 2024, 07:30:22 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE:  Former Trump aide likely to win a high-profile Georgia race

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: A one-time aide to former President Donald Trump will likely win election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday. Brian Jack is trying to win his first term in the House from the 3rd Congressional District. The GOP-tilting district south and west of Atlanta is open because US Representative Drew Ferguson is retiring.

05 Nov 2024, 07:16:59 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: How did Georgia vote in the 2020 polls?

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Georgia played a key role as President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020. The state with 16 electoral college votes had long been a red state --- with Trump securing it in 2016 --- until Biden flipped it on 2020.

05 Nov 2024, 07:05:05 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Visuals from Atlanta

05 Nov 2024, 06:46:58 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Cobb County in Atlanta may be a boon for Democrats

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: The large and racially diverse Cobb County in Atlanta's northern suburbs is a spot Democrats could pick up the large number of votes needed to win Georgia. Democratic President Joe Biden did something similar in 2020 when he won the county by about 14 percentage points. In 2016, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton carried Cobb county by just 2 percentage points and lost the state to Trump.

05 Nov 2024, 06:31:33 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: What was the early turnout in Georgia?

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust — over 4 million voters — that a top official in the secretary of state's office said the big day could look like a “ghost town" at the polls.

05 Nov 2024, 06:13:45 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump spend final campaign hours in state

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: The two candidates spent the waning hours of the campaign overlapping in Pennsylvania, the biggest battleground state. They were trying to energise their bases as well as Americans still on the fence or debating whether to vote at all.

05 Nov 2024, 06:00:27 PM IST

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Polling underway across the country

Pennsylvania, Georgia US Election Results 2024 LIVE: Polls opened across the nation on Tuesday morning as voters faced a stark choice between two candidates who have offered drastically different temperaments and visions for the world's largest economy and dominant military power.