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Election 2024: The best photos from election day


Election 2024: The best photos from election day

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AAs Americans hunker down at home to follow the results of the 2024 presidential election, TIME photo editors are tracking images from photographers across the country.

From the early morning hours when the first polls opened to the nightly anticipation of the results coming in, photographers across the United States are capturing a visual chronicle of Election Day. As they navigate the repetitive scenes of voting rows and election night watch parties, they try to find compelling images as the evening progresses.

Below is a selection of the most powerful and eye-catching images from this Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are essentially neck and neck in the polls.

The photographs capture the fears, uncertainty and excitement of a day like no other.

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Supporters of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump monitor election results by telephone near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.Giorgio Viera-AFP/Getty Images
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A supporter reacts to the election results during an election night rally for US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, DCCharly Triballeau – AFP/Getty Images
Attendees cheer during an election night rally for former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
Attendees cheer during an election night rally for former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.Hiroko Masuike – The New York Times/Redux
Attendees at the Election Night Watch Party for former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 5, 2024.
Attendees at the Election Night Watch Party for former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 5, 2024.David Butow for TIME
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Supporters react as they watch the results during the election night rally for US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, DCElizabeth Frantz-Reuters
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A supporter looks at merchandise for sale before an election night party for Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida.Julia Demaree Nikhinson – AP Photo
Attendees dance during an election night rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at Howard University in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Cheriss May/The New York Times)
Participants dance during an election night rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at Howard University in Washington.Cheriss May – The New York Times/Redux
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Members of the media work at the venue for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris' nighttime rally during the 2024 US presidential election at Howard University in Washington, DC Kevin Mohatt-Reuters
Attendees react during an election night rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at Howard University in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
Participants react during an election night rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at Howard University in Washington DCRuth Fremson – The New York Times/Redux
11/5/2024, Howard University, Washington, DC An American flag is raised at the Harris election night party at Howard University in Washington, DC on November 5, 2024. Gabriella Demczuk/TIME
An American flag is raised at the Harris Election Night Watch party at Howard University in Washington, DC Gabriella Demczuk for TIME
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U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords wears a pin in support of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz at the Arizona State University polling station on Election Day at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.Rebecca Noble-AFP/Getty Images
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses New York
Poll worker Marion Jordan-Mcfarlane helps voters collect their ballots at a busy polling station in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.Seth Wenig – AP Photo
Florida residents cast their votes in the 2024 US presidential election
Rudy Giuliani, former attorney for former President Donald Trump, center, speaks to members of the media outside a presidential election polling station at the Mandel Community Center in Palm Beach, Florida.Josh Ritchie-Bloomberg/Getty Images
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People attend a watch party at 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in New York City as the Empire State Building is seen in the background.Andrew Kelly-Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris hosts an election night event at Howard University
Women with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. sit together before an election night rally for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, DC Brandon Bell – Getty Images
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People cast their votes at the Cable Community Center polling station in Bayfield County in Cable, Wisconsin, during the US presidential election on Election Day. Erica Dischino – Reuters
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Supporters of former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Election Day.Giordio Viera – AFP/Getty Images
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses Nevada
People line up to vote at the Downtown Reno Library in Reno, Nevada.Godofredo A. Vasquez – AP Photo
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses New York
Susan B. Anthony's gravestone is covered with “I Voted” stickers at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY Lauren Petracca – AP Photo
November 5, 2024 Scenes on the road to Mar A Lago and at the Palm Beach Convention Center during the Trump election party. Photo by David Butow/Redux
Members of the media prepare for the evening at the Election Night Watch Party for former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.David Butow for TIME
California residents cast their votes in the 2024 US presidential election
Voters mark their ballots at the San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home polling station in San Francisco.David Paul Morris-Bloomberg/Getty Images
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses New York
Voters cast their ballots at PS 256 in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.Yuki Iwamura – AP Photo
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses Arizona
Voters line up to cast their ballots at a Navajo Nation polling station in Chinle, Arizona.Andres Leighton – AP Photo
Three-year-old Zayn sits on his father's shoulders as he votes at the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn in Michigan on November 5, 2024.
Three-year-old Zayn sits on his father's shoulders while voting at the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn in Michigan.David Goldman – AP
APTOPIX US Election 2024 Global Response Peru
Shamans perform a good luck ritual and hold posters of Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on the beach in Lima, Peru.Martin Mejia – AP Photo
Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris hosts an election night event at Howard University
Kamala Harris stops by a phone bank event at the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Election Day in Washington, DC Andrew Harnik – Getty Images
APTOPIX Election 2024: America chooses space station
In this photo provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit, from left, show off their U.S. flag-themed socks aboard the International Space Station on Election Day. NASA/AP
APTOPIX Election 2024 America chooses Arizona
Voters line up at a polling station at Madison Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Matt York – AP
Shortly after midnight on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, dogs are brought to the polling place in Dixville Notch, NH, the small town that traditionally hosts the nation's first vote. (Ryan David Brown/The New York Times)
Shortly after midnight on Election Day, dogs are brought to the polling station in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the small town that traditionally hosts the country's first vote. Twelve minutes after midnight, the general election ended in a tie, at least in Dixville Notch: three votes for Kamala Harris and three for Donald Trump. Ryan David Brown – The New York Times/Redux

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