Millions of Americans head to the polls in person

Millions of Americans are heading to the polls in person today adding their ballots to the more than 100 million already cast by early voters.

Donald Trump who is 74-years-old is seeking to avoid becoming the first incumbent president to lose a re-election fight since George HW Bush in 1992.

National polls suggest Democratic candidate Joe Biden who is 77 has a broad lead, but the race is close in key battleground states needed to win the presidency.

Record early voting has been fuelled by the pandemic and the US is on course for its highest electoral turnout in more than a century.

The election comes after America’s worst-ever week for new coronavirus cases, with more than 1,000 people dying each day.

[Source: BBC]