Here’s how Election Day 2024 could play out in the US and New York

Well, here we are again.

Exactly 728 days after the 2022 midterm elections, Americans are heading to the polls to elect their 47th President, all 435 members of the House of Representatives, and 34 members of the US Senate.

It is a night that will determine the direction of America for the next four years as nearly 150 million of our fellow countrymen prepare to choose between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as the next Commander in Chief.

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Below, The Post presents a complete election night guide.

What does the final survey say?

If the polls are accurate, it will be the closest popular vote race since the famous 1960 election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

According to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Harris leads Trump by 0.1% nationwide.

No Republican candidate has won the popular vote since 2004, a streak that Trump, 78, will be eager to break.

When will the elections close in the most important states?

There are seven swing states that will decide the outcome of the presidential race: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Final polls in Georgia close at 7 pm ET; 7:30 pm in North Carolina; 8 pm in Pennsylvania, 9 pm in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin; 10 PM in Nevada.

What are the most important non-presidential races?

Republicans could win 57 Senate seats if all outcomes in tonight’s battle go their way. Here’s a list of those races, ranked from most likely to least likely to take GOP control.

Montana: Senator Jon Tester vs. Tim Sheehy

Polls indicate it would take nothing short of a miracle for Tester, a three-term Democrat, to retain his seat against Republican Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL.

Ohio: Senator Sherrod Brown vs. Bernie Moreno

Tester’s fellow members of the Democratic class of 2006 are hoping his Trump-leaning working-class base will remain loyal to bring him back to Washington for a fourth term.

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Wisconsin: Senator Tammy Baldwin vs. Eric Hovde

Polls have consistently shown Baldwin leading in a fight for a third term against businessman Hovde. However, the strong Republican performance in early voting has them optimistic that they could elect a GOPer to the seat for the first time since Joseph McCarthy in 1952.

Pennsylvania: Senator Bob Casey Jr. vs. David McCormick

Casey, another Democratic senator elected in 2006, hopes that his family name and associated goodwill (his father, also named Bob, was a two-term governor of the Keystone State) will help him seek a fourth term.

Michigan: Representative Elissa Slotkin vs. former Representative Mike Rogers

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has consistently led Rogers, the ex-GOP chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, in this battle to replace retiring Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow. A victory for Rogers here will likely mean good things for Republicans when it comes to voting in the Mitten State.

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Arizona: Rep. Ruben Gallego vs. Kari Lake

Lake, a former TV news anchor and one of the most loyal supporters of Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen, faces an uphill battle against progressive Gallego in the race to replace retiring independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema. It is falling.

Nevada: Senator Jackie Rosen vs. Sam Brown

The Silver State has not elected a Republican senator since 2012. Brown, who suffered severe burns after being hit by an IED in Afghanistan in 2008, could be another beneficiary of the strong GOP’s improved early voting performance in his battle with newcomer Rosen.

Are any potential voters still undecided?

Not much. According to the most recent New York Times/Siena College national poll, only 4% of likely voters either said they did not know or declined to say who they would support.

one in Leger poll commissioned by The Post And published Sunday, only 2% of respondents refused to choose between Trump or Harris.

Which states will take the longest to count their ballots?

Among the swing states that decide the outcome, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have a history of watching the polls for a long time before the results are known.

However, officials are optimistic that the count will not take as long as four years ago, when Joe Biden was not projected to win the presidency until Saturday after the last votes were cast.

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Are there any concerns about the fairness of the election?

There have already been legal challenges over the conduct of voting in three key states.

In Wisconsin, the Republican National Committee sued election officials in Milwaukee on Monday after they announced plans to limit the number of poll watchers in certain precincts, held by one Democrat and one Republican. The RNC charged that the limits violate state law. The matter is pending.

In Georgia, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that about 3,400 voters in Cobb County, north of Atlanta, will not get an extension to return their absentee ballots by mail. Instead, they will have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to return their ballots to the county elections office or vote in person at their regular polling place.

In Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in a state highest court ruling requiring election boards to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid.

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What time do polls open and close in New York?

Polling places in the Empire State open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m.

What are some of the major races to watch in New York?

1st congressional district

GOP Rep. Nick LaLotta tries to keep Long Island’s East End red after a challenge from former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter and former CNN analyst John Avalon.

4th congressional district

Democrats will be disappointed if former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen doesn’t avenge her 2022 loss to Republican ex-NYPD Detective Anthony D’Esposito in this Nassau County seat.

17th congressional district

Another Republican freshman, Mike Lawler, is trying to hold on to his Hudson Valley seat and prevent Democrat Mondaire Jones’ return to Washington.

19th congressional district

Mark Molinaro, another key member of the 2022 Red Wave, is locked in a tight race against Democrat Josh Riley in another rematch from two years ago.

22nd congressional district

Trump-backed GOP Rep. Brandon Williams will try to win a second term in a district that went for President Biden by seven percentage points in 2020. Democratic State Senator John Mannion is the challenger.