Top Images from the 2024 Election

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As Americans settle in at home to follow the unfolding results of the 2024 Presidential Election, TIME’s photo editors are tracking images from photographers across the nation.

From the early hours when the first polling places opened, to the late-night anticipation of results coming in, photographers throughout the United States are capturing a visual chronicle of Election Day. As the evening progresses, they aim to find compelling images despite the repetitive scenes of voting lines and crowds.

Below is a selection of the most striking and impactful images from this Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are essentially neck-and-neck in the polls.

The photographs capture the anxieties, uncertainty, and excitement of a day unlike any other.

2024 U.S. Presidential Election Night, at Howard University, in Washington

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An American flag is raised at the Harris election night watch party at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 5, 2024. 

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Florida Residents Cast Ballots For 2024 US Presidential Election

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Democratic Presidential Nominee Vice President Kamala Harris Holds Election Night Event At Howard University

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November 5, 2024 Scenes on the road to Mar A Lago and inside the Palm Beach Convention Center during the Trump election party. Photo by David Butow/Redux

California Residents Cast Ballots For 2024 US Presidential Election

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Three-year-old Zayn sits on his father's shoulders as he votes at the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn in Mich., on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Democratic Presidential Nominee Vice President Kamala Harris Holds Election Night Event At Howard University

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Dogs brought to the polling location in Dixville Notch, N.H., the tiny town that hosts a traditional first-in-the-nation vote, just after midnight on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Ryan David Brown/The New York Times)