Former President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the US presidential election, after a dominant performance that saw him flip multiple swing states and win the popular vote.

While counting continues in several contests at the time Trump took the stage to address supporters in Florida, at about 2:30am local time, the Democratic candidate had no path to victory.

Trump told supporters at his West Palm Beach election night event that this is the greatest political movement of all time.

He says now it is going to reach a new level of importance because they are going to help the country heal. With Trump being successful, he will be only the second US president to win non-successive terms, following in the footsteps of Grover Cleveland who did it in 1884. And his vice-president will be JD Vance.

Both candidates dominated in their traditional heartlands in early calls, and as the night went on, Trump began taking the lead in most battleground states.

The crowd at the West Palm Beach event was jubilant.

In a scene reminiscent of the Republican National Convention, supporters danced along to the Village People's disco classic YMCA, an anthem that has become synonymous with the Trump campaign.

North Carolina journalist Danielle Battaglia, who is the Washington correspondent for two newspapers, was speaking to ABC News Radio when the news broke and said she was "not surprised" the state voted for Trump.

She said race probably played a role in the result, with a low turnout of black male voters who might've voted for Harris but she also said Trump's character was key to his success.

She said people in North Carolina are drawn to him, and his rallies just emphasised so much energy and he gets the excitement going with his followers and he thinks he continues to just perform well there.

Georgia was the next swing state called for Trump.

After North Carolina fell, Harris was left dependent on the "blue wall" of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as her shrinking possible path to victory.

Harris was watching the count from Washington DC, at an election night party at Howard University, a historically Black university where she graduated in 1986.

It became clear after 12:30am local time that Harris would not address supporters.

[Source : CNN/New York times]

Trump projected to win Kentucky, Kamala Harris will win Vermont

Trump has 8 electoral votes, Harris has 3

The first US election results are in, with CNN projecting Kamala Harris will win Vermont and Donald Trump will win Kentucky.

Trump has 8 eletoral votes so far while Harris has 3.

Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada are seen as pivotal to their path to victory.

Stay with us for updates.

[Source : cnn]

Early US polls close but key swing states are still in the final hours of voting

Trump posts an allegation of election cheating

Early US polls have closed but key swing states are still in the final hours of voting.

Republican candidate Donald Trump has cast his ballot in Florida as Kamala Harris made an appearance at a Washington DC phone bank, amid a number of fake bomb threats at polling stations across the country.

Donald Trump has already taken to his social media platform of choice, Truth Social to post an allegation of election cheating.

It's a claim that was debunked within minutes by the Philadephia DA on Twitter but no doubt we will see lots of back and forth on this issue over the coming hours.

The ABC NEWS Verify team is staying across multiple social media platforms throughout the day to keep across mis- and disinformation as it comes to hand.

Exit polls in booths across the country are early indications of where the election could end up as observers ask voters where they stand after they've cast their vote.

In Nevada, 46 percent of people viewed Trump favourably versus 45 per cent who backed Harris.

In Arizona, both candidates were at 46 percent.

In Pennsylvania, one of the most crucial swing states, 47 percent of voters backed Trump while Harris had 46 percent.

Georgian voters favoured Harris three percentage points higher (49 percent) than Trump (46 percent).

In parts of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, almost a third of voters were angry about the direction of the country.

[Source : abc.net.au]