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International Affairs Editor
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📍 6.00am Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor
Welcome to our live blog of the US election, where we will be posting the latest news, results and snap analysis from some of our top academic experts, as well as the politics editors at The Conversation, throughout what will no doubt be a long, drama-filled day. (Perhaps a couple days…)
Here's what to expect: the results will start coming in after 10am AEDT when the first polls close. Then, there will be a deluge of results every hour after that. We will wait for The Associated Press to call individual states. And we'll update our interactive map and our Electoral College vote count tracker as the day goes on. Remember: it's 270 electoral votes to win.
Before we get started, here are a couple of early reads: Emma Shortis on whether America is ready to elect a woman and John Hart with a short history of the Electoral College .
