WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with the outcome uncertain Tuesday night, the 2024 presidential election already has exposed the depths of a fractured nation as the candidates navigated political shifts based on class, race and age under the near-constant threat of misinformation and violence.

Not long after polls close in the west, former President Trump had won 23 states and led in many of the swing states expected to determine the outcome

Shortly after the first major poll closures, betting markets showed former President Donald Trump’s lead over Vice President Kamala Harris slightly decrease from where it was earlier, though poll-based prediction models indicated the candidates are locked in a dead heat.