The night of the elections in the United States, November 5th, will occur according to the time of each region and the closing of the polls, from east to west.
THE CNN projects who will win elections as data becomes available.
While some states can be projected shortly after polls close, others can take hours, such as swing states, which do not have a consistent partisan tilt.
The vote count is situated so that former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, could see his votes grow quickly after the polls close early, especially given earlier projections for more populous Republican states such as Florida and Ohio.
Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’ biggest constituencies, the Democratic nominee, have polls that close later, including California and New York.
See here when the polls close and how many votes are at stake each hour, Brasília time:
9pm
The polls close in the first six states, including Georgia, which has 16 delegates – a figure in the American electoral system.
In some parts of Indiana and Kentucky, polls close earlier, at 8 p.m. Projections will take some time, even in some more solidly red or blue states. Most polls also close in Florida at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, but in the Panhandle region they close at 10 p.m. and no statewide screenings will occur before all polls close in a state.
Georgia’s secretary of state said up to 70% of votes could be counted by 10 p.m. due to early voting and preprocessing of mail-in ballots.
- 28 delegates lean towards Trump: Indiana, Kentucky and South Carolina
- 16 delegates go to Kamala: Virginia and Vermont
- 16 undecided delegates: Georgia
9:30 p.m.
Polls will close in other states, North Carolina, as well as two Republican states.
- 21 delegates lean towards Trump: Ohio and West Virginia
- 16 undecided delegates: North Carolina
Total with polls closed until 9:30 pm
- 49 delegates lean towards Trump
- 16 delegates lean towards Kamala
- 32 undecided delegates
10pm
Polls close in 17 states, including Pennsylvania, the most populous of the “blue wall” industrial states that Trump is trying to take back from Democrats after winning them in 2016 and losing them in 2020. Most polls close in Michigan and Texas at this time, but others don’t close until 11 p.m.
- 74 delegates swing for Trump: Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
- 78 delegates hang for Kamala: Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, DC
- 19 undecided delegates: Pennsylvania
Total with polls closed until 10pm
- 123 delegates lean towards Trump
- 94 delegates lean towards Kamala
- 51 undecided delegates
10:30 p.m.
Polls close in Arkansas, which has six delegates likely to support Trump. Polls will be closed in half of American states.
Total with polls closed until 10:30 pm
- 129 delegates lean towards Trump
- 94 delegates lean towards Kamala
- 51 undecided delegates
This content was originally published in US Elections: See how the polls close hour by hour on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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