US election 2024: voters in Washington DC hit the polls

Buildings around Washington DC have boarded windows in anticipation for any unrest on election day, as the nation heads to the polls.

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00:00We are live in Washington on Election Day.

00:04The city is absolutely buzzing.

00:07There are so many people around, so many people getting out to the polls,

00:11and so far it is a very, very Harris feeling.

00:15But, as we know, Washington is a blue state,

00:18so we might not know the results tonight, we might not know for a couple of days,

00:22but soon, hopefully, we'll have an answer.

00:24We're out very early this morning at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library.

00:29This is a polling centre.

00:31It opened at 7am, and it has been very busy.

00:35Lots of Washingtonians have gotten out early to cast their vote.

00:39So far, we've polled about five people, and all of them are voting for Kamala Harris.

00:51How is the feeling in Washington at the moment?

00:54It's a little tense.

00:55I think you never know what could happen with elections,

00:58but I think there hasn't been any credible threats to my knowledge,

01:02so that could be a little bit of fear-mongering from someone.

01:06What do you think America will look like if Trump does become president?

01:10I don't even want to know.

01:14I don't want to know.

01:15I think it might be bad, especially on both sides,

01:19so I just hope that everything turns out good.

01:22What do you think the result is going to be?

01:25I am being optimistic.

01:27You never know, but I am hoping for a Kamala win.

01:41Tell me, when you see places boarded up like this, does that make you nervous?

01:45Kind of, but I don't anticipate any violence or anything.

01:50If Harris wins, and Trump either.

01:54I hope it's a win for Kamala, but if it's not, I don't know.

01:59I don't know.

02:01We might have a civil war.

02:04So we've just spent the last five or six hours visiting polling booths and other sites around Washington.

02:10One thing we have noticed is that we haven't come across a lot of Trump voters or supporters.

02:15Nearly everyone we've spoken to has been voting for Kamala Harris,

02:19which in Washington isn't a huge surprise.

02:22This is a very blue area.

02:24But we will follow on tonight as hopefully a result is known,

02:28but all eyes will be focused on Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan and Arizona,

02:37as they will be the very important decider states.