The US presidential election day took place, during which the next President of the United States, hundreds of members of Congress, and numerous state and local officials were elected.

Shortly after midnight Eastern Time (noon Beijing Time), voters in the town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, cast their ballots as per tradition. However, the vast majority of polling stations in the United States will only open in the morning and close in the evening or late at night.

Previously, millions of voters in the United States had already cast their ballots early. According to data released by the University of Florida's Election Lab, as of the evening, over 100 million voters in the United States had voted early, with more than 60 million voters casting their ballots in person at polling stations and nearly 40 million voters voting early by mail.

The American public opinion generally believes that the current election is highly divided in public sentiment, with a tight race. In the presidential campaign, the incumbent Vice President of the United States, Democratic presidential candidate Harris, and former President of the United States, Republican presidential candidate Trump, have continuously attacked each other on issues such as governance capability, economy, immigration, and abortion rights.

In Washington, D.C., journalists observed that the White House was surrounded by iron fences, and many nearby shops had their glass doors and windows boarded up with thick wooden planks. A recent poll by the Associated Press and the Center for Public Affairs Research showed that over % of registered American voters are "extremely or very" concerned about violent attempts to overturn election results after the election, and about one-third of voters are "somewhat" worried about such incidents.

In one of the key "swing states," Dodge County, Wisconsin, retiree Donna Siersavage told Xinhua reporters that this election "is filled with anger," and people with differing opinions can no longer communicate calmly with each other; they are all very aggressive and it is difficult to reach a consensus. Researcher Clara Ramsey from the University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies is concerned that regardless of who wins, it may trigger a certain degree of political and social upheaval.