US election live updates: The first results of the US election have been announced in Dixville Notch

As Americans ready themselves for the conclusion of what may be the most consequential, and strange, election in history, Donald Trump ends the campaign almost unbelievably popular.

With the election too close to call, a Wall Street Journal poll put Trump’s approval rating at 48 per cent, three percentage points ahead of Democratic nominee and great progressive hope Kamala Harris.

For a leader who welcomed the prospect of journalists covering one of his rallies being shot at, Trump’s enduring popularity is a sign of a fundamental shift in politics.

The power of elite opinion has been shattered.

​Read Aaron Patrick’s full analysis here.​

There are some great images flowing in of voters in Dixville Notch casting their ballots.

They might be a small county but every vote counts!

The Vice President didn’t add anything new in her speech at her final rally at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

However, as she approached the end of her speech, a sense of relief was observed.

It appeared Ms Harris was bubbling with excitement and joy as she finished the speech that marked the end of her 107-day campaign.

“Make no mistake, we will win,” Ms Harris said.

The crowd chanted “We will win” in response.

“America is ready for a fresh start,” Ms Harris said.

“The momentum is on our side,” Ms Harris said to a cheering Democrat crowd.

“We are optimistic and we are excited about what we can do.

“It is time for a new generation of leadership in America.

“I am ready to offer that leadership as the next President of the United States of America.

“This could be one of the closest races in history.

“Every vote matters.

The first in-person votes have been counted and announced in one county.

Dixville Notch is an unincorporated community in the Dixville township, located in New Hampshire, United States.

The county currently has a population of six.

In a 148-year tradition, the vote is cast at midnight and then immediately announced.

By 12.03am local time, the six votes had been cast, counted and verified.

“Three for Kamala Harris, three for Donald Trump,” the attorney general announced.

Currently, it’s a tie.

Oprah Winfrey has pleaded with Americans to vote, as if they don’t they might never have the chance to cast a ballot again.

“President John F Kennedy issues a challenge, asks not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” Winfrey said.

“Well, I am here to tell you what you can do for your country, what you can do for democracy.

“What you can do for the spirit of John Lewis and all the others who chose to walk across that bridge in Selma and fight for us all.

“What you can do for every young woman who has died because she could not receive the urgent medical attention she needed because of an abortion ban.

“What you can do for yourself and everyone and everything you cherish, is vote.

“You have got to vote.”

Winfrey said voters might feel exhausted, but every vote counts.

“We don’t get to sit this one out,” she said.

“If we don’t turn out tomorrow it’s entirely possible that we will never get the chance to cast a ballot again.”

Long-time Democrat supporter Oprah Winfrey has taken to the stage in Philadelphia to celebrate first-time voters.

The youth vote is a voting bloc that heavily supports Ms Harris over Mr Trump and plan to turn out in force on Tuesday.

One voter said she was voting for Ms Harris because of her policies and her respect for women’s reproductive rights.

Eddie, a Black professional soccer player with the Philadelphia Union said: “It was an honour as an African to exercise my vote, which my ancestors fought so hard for.”

A first-time voter said she would be waking up early to ensure she got her place.

A young woman planning to become an OBGYN explained she was voting for Harris so her patients’ rights would be respected and because she was a proud Puerto Rican.

Joe Rogan, the most listened-to podcaster in the US, has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the race for the White House.

Rogan, who recently interviewed Trump for hours, took to X to share the endorsement after an interview with Elon Musk, who he said made the “most compelling case for Trump”.

“The great and powerful Elon Musk,” Rogan wrote on X.

“If it wasn’t for him we’d be f...ed. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.

“For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump.”

Rogan added a clip of his interview with billionaire Musk, who has also endorsed Trump.

Trump’s recent interview with Rogan lasted about three hours and was released on YouTube and Spotify in late October.

The two discussed a range of topics and the interview got over 45 million views on YouTube.

The former president criticised Rogan in August on Truth Social, his social media platform, after the podcaster praised then-independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr Kennedy has since pulled out of the race and endorsed Trump.

Trump later called Rogan a “good guy”.

Harris has a much bigger list of celebrity endorsements, ranging from basketball superstar Lebron James and actor Meryl Streep to comedian Chris Rock and former talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

Superstar singers Beyonce and Taylor Swift have also endorsed her.

With Kanishka Singh, Reuters

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Singer Lady Gaga has taken to the stage at Vice President Kamala Harris’s final campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The event is taking place outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art and appears to have pulled a massive crowd.

The pop star turned movie star sang God Bless America.

Sitting at a piano, Gaga kept it short and sweet before welcoming Oprah Winfrey to the stage.