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Voting under way as Americans Choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as Next President

Election polls have finally opened for the much-anticipated U.S. elections. Live coverage will take place in every major media outlet as well as local news networks as Americans vote for their next president.

As polls open across the East Coast on November 8, millions of Americans will have to choose between Democrat candidate and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump for president of the United States.

According to Telegraph, the data released from RealClearPolitics revealed that the race between Clinton and Trump remain tight. Clinton may take the lead in states such as New York, California, Illinois, and New Jersey while Trump may get his boost from states such as Texas, Missouri, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Trump told Fox News in a recent interview that he was hoping to sweep states such as Ohio and Florida. According to CBS, four particular states are considered toss ups: Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. The network is currently monitoring eight specific races particularly North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

The Republican candidate was handed a vote boost after news came out that the FBI has reopened its investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server when she led the State Department. The FBI was able to obtain a warrant to search emails belonging to Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin as well as Clinton’s own. Despite this, the former first lady still managed to retain the lead.

Just last month, Clinton and Trump faced off at three presidential debates with Trump insisting that he would refuse to accept election results should he lose. Meanwhile, the amount raised for the election has exceeded $6.9 billion as of October 19. Since then, Clinton’s campaign had raised more than $497 million while Trump’s campaign had raised more than $247 million.

Viewers may follow the election polls on several media outlets from traditional television broadcasts to free live online streaming. Networks such as CBS, CNN, NBC, Fox, and ABC have dedicated landing pages online for the elections. Local news stations also provide television coverage and will likely post them on their respective websites.

According to CNET, viewers may also visit social media sites such as Twitter or follow articles on Buzzfeed. The U.S. elections are also featured on Sling TV’s paid service, VoteCastr’s real time polling results, and NPR’s radio service.

In addition to correspondent teams based nationwide, correspondents Nancy Cordes will be stationed at Clinton campaign headquarters while Major Garrett will be stationed at Trump campaign headquarters.

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