Washington [US], November 1 (HBTV): With just a few days remaining until the United States elections, a staggering 61 million Americans have already made their voices heard by casting their ballots, according to a report by CNN.

Voters have cast their ballots either by mail or through early in-person voting for the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican.

According to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS, the presidential race is heating up in Georgia and North Carolina, with the latest polls showing a neck-and-neck contest between Harris and Trump. Likely voters in Georgia are divided, with 48 percent supporting Trump and 47 percent backing Harris. In North Carolina, Harris stands at 48 percent to Trump’s 47 percent, CNN reported.

These narrow margins fall within the poll's margin of error, indicating no clear frontrunner in either state.

It is interesting to note that North Carolina, which supported former President Barack Obama in 2008, has voted Republican in the past three presidential elections. However, in 2020, Trump won against US President Joe Biden. Joe Biden made history in Georgia four years ago by defeating Donald Trump with a margin of less than 1 percentage point, becoming the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton's victory in 1992.

In both Georgia and North Carolina, Harris leads among Black likely voters (84 percent to 13 percent in Georgia; 78 percent to 19 percent in North Carolina) and voters with college degrees (55 percent to 39 percent in Georgia; 53 percent to 42 percent in North Carolina).

White college graduates are almost evenly divided in both states (50 percent Harris to 47 percent Trump in North Carolina, 48 percent Trump to 46 percent Harris in Georgia). Trump holds a commanding lead, 81 percent to 15 percent, among White voters without college degrees in Georgia. In North Carolina, he leads that group by a smaller margin, 65 percent to 31 percent, CNN reported.   

(ANI)