4 Nov 2020

Polls begin to close in US Presidential election

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 4 November 2020

The first polls in the United States Presidential election have begun to close, with results expected to start flowing in within the next couple of hours.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump pictured campaigning in October.

Photo: AFP

The race for key swing states could be tight between the incumbent Donald Trump and Presidential hopeful Joe Biden, following a campaign marred by a pandemic, protests and police killings.

The voter turnout is expected to be the highest in a century, with early votes topping 100 million.

In Wisconsin, where our US correspondent William Deselow is, nearly two million early votes were cast out of a population of about 4.5 million adults.

He spoke to Māni Dunlop.