November 5, 2024: Early morning voters at PS 94 Kings College School in the Bronx
By 6 p.m., nearly 2.2 million New Yorkers and counting had turned up to vote in Tuesday’s election—many saying they were motivated by the chance for change and hopes for unity following a divisive presidential campaign season.
The city’s poll sites closed at 9 p.m., and Vice President Kamala Harris easily won New York State’s 28 electoral votes, according to the Associated Press. But election experts have urged patience, and it may take time before we know the nationwide results of the top-ballot race, in which former President Donald Trump and Harris are neck and neck, according to recent polls.
Residents across the five boroughs also had a chance to cast votes for state legislative seats and to weigh in on six ballot measures, including whether to add an equal rights amendment to New York’s constitution and on the local level, to expand the city Department of Sanitation’s enforcement powers.
“It’s nerve racking. It feels like there’s a lot of weight in my own little hands,” said Nicole Vargas, a 22-year-old student from the South Bronx, who was voting Tuesday for the very first time.