Election Day 2024 started early Tuesday with winds of change beckoning, steady streams of election voters heading into polling places across the United States, and an urgency for individuals to express their voices through their ballots.
Voters were keenly aware that the consequences of the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris could be enormous for all Americans, with the balance of power in the house also to be decided. Here is a visual essay of polling stations and voters across the nation.
In this photo provided by NASA, from left, astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit show their U.S. flag-themed socks aboard the International Space Station on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (NASA via AP)
A person goes to vote at Pioneer Mobile Home Park in Milpitas, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
People stand in line to vote at the Reno Town Mall, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
A large flag hangs from the ceiling as people vote at the San Francisco Columbarium and Funeral Home in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Steven Vandenburgh votes at a grocery store, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Marsha Molinari of West Hollywood, Calif., holds a cell phone at a polling place at the Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots outside a polling station on the Navajo Nation in Chinle, Ariz., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Stephen Praetorius, left, and Alex Wolf, right, vote at Eagle Pizzeria in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
People wait in line to vote at the Downtown Reno Library, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
A voter works on her ballot at a polling place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Voters fill out their ballots for the 2024 general election at a polling station inside the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Lafayette, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 5: People cast their ballots at Joslyn Park vote center while voters standing in line are visible in the window reflection on November 5, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
Hirieth Cervantes, freshman music major in Columbia College Chicago, waits to vote outside Chicago City Loop Super Site polling place on Election Day in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Voters work on their ballots at a polling place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
People stand in line to vote at the Reno Town Mall, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
A poll worker sets up before a polling place opens, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Voters lining up to cast their ballots in person read voting guides handed out by volunteers at the Fowler School polling station in Tempe, Arizona, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, fills out his ballot with his grandson, Milo Molina, left, 8, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
Election day worker Sean Vander Waal prepares to open a polling place,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
