Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris' path to 270 electoral votes all but hinges on a "massive overperformance" in the suburbs of Philadelphia as she trails in the critical battleground state, according to a political insider.

Tara Palmeri, senior political correspondent at Puck News, took to X on Tuesday night to share insights from a senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania.

"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart opened his live election night coverage by cracking a joke about his own audience's enthusiasm — as former President Donald Trump took a commanding lead over Vice President Kamala Harris — and chided a Democratic senator who apparently canceled on the show seconds before he was to appear.

As the audience erupted into cheers, Stewart joked: "That is the sound of a crowd that does not have access to a television set and does not know what's happening in the world."

The state of North Carolina has been called for Donald Trump in the presidential contest. The Washington Post and the New York Times made the prediction.

North Carolina was heavily targeted in the final days of the campaign by both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump's team has become increasingly ecstatic as election results suggest his followers may need not to storm the U.S. Capitol as they did on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump's growing lead in swing states across the nation has perked up the vibe at Mar-a-Lago — the social club where the former president faced criminal charges linked to hoarding classified information in a bathroom, among other places, according to CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has fallen into radio silence as they search for any remaining path for outstanding votes to deliver them an election victory, CNN's Abby Phillip told Jake Tapper on Tuesday evening.

"Let me just give you a gut check here about what we are hearing here, as we've been sitting here reporting from the Harris headquarters," said Phillip. "And I think the operative word right now is silence. There's not a lot being said, because the Harris team appears to be searching for bright spots in the map, as these results very very, very slowly come in."

Former Vice President Kamala Harris' strong position in two vital swing states suggests the election could be decided in one whose most populous city former President Donald Trump notoriously described as "horrible," a Washington Post analyst said.

Columnist E.J. Dionne wrote Tuesday night that he was impressed by Harris' showing in Pennsylvania — where she's taken a strong lead in several crucial counties — and Michigan.

The New York Times delivered its first presidential estimate Tuesday night as results poured in from Georgia and North Carolina.

Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for the Times, noted around 9:20 p.m. ET that the paper of record was making its first estimate on election night.

Vice President Kamala Harris has taken a strong lead in several swing state counties, one of which typically go the way of the nation, according to a CNN analysis.

Pennsylvania voters in Erie — a "bellwether county" that can go red or blue — had gone for Harris over former President Donald Trump at a split of about 59 percent to 40 percent as of 9:20 p.m., CNN analyst John King reported Tuesday night,

CNN anchors called a new exit poll on Tuesday night "brutal" for Vice President Kamala Harris.

David Chalian revealed exit poll results for Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, where voters were asked their opinion of President Joe Biden. In Arizona, 57 percent of voters said they disapproved of Biden. In Michigan, that number was 55 percent.

Another exit poll showed a "major reversal" among a key constituency — and could prove ominous for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Latino men are breaking for former President Donald Trump over Harris 54 percent to 44 percent, according to an NBC News exit poll. The outlet called it a "major reversal" from four years ago, when Latino men supported Joe Biden by a whopping 59 percent to 36 percent.

A CNN panel of anchors expressed shock as the results of another exit poll showed a major flip in the crucial battleground state of Georgia.

David Chalian shared the results Tuesday night of a poll of independent voters that he called "the story of these exit polls in Georgia."

The first projections in Tuesday's election, calling Kentucky for Republican DonaldTrump and Vermont for Democrat Kamala Harris.

Multiple media outlets agreed that Harris carried Vermont, earning her three electoral votes, and Kentucky for Trump, giving him eight electoral votes.

Vice President Kamala Harris received promising news from a major swing state's largest city where more ballots have been demanded to keep up with voter turnout, CNN reported on Election Day.

Correspondent Abby Phillip reported from Harris' campaign headquarters Tuesday that her team has its eyes locked on Philadelphia where Democratic regions are seeing voters flock to the polls.