Photos: America votes in the 2024 election

Election day is here.

Voters go to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in a historic presidential race that could profoundly change the country and the world.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee, is hoping to break a nearly 250-year-old glass ceiling and become the country’s first female president. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee who lost in 2020, is trying to become the second defeated president in history to win nonconsecutive terms.

Polls nationally and in key swing states show no clear front-runner, reflecting a country that is just as polarized as it was when the race began.

More than 77.5 million Americans voted before Election Day, either by absentee ballot or through early in-person voting.