2024 Presidential Election Results – Live updates

President Joe Biden announced his victory in Boeing machinists approved a new labor deal, ending a 53-day strike that halted most aircraft production at the US military exporter and contractor and cut the final jobs report ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election.

The deal was “achieved with the support of his economic team, including Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and National Economic Adviser Lael Brainard,” Biden said in a statement.

“For the past four years, we have shown the work of collective bargaining. Good contracts benefit workers, businesses, and consumers—and are key to growing the American economy from the middle and the bottom,” he said.

Boeing’s new contract for 33,000 union machines, mostly on the US West Coast, includes a 38% increase over four years, $12,000 and a deal with the company that will build the next plane at one of the union’s factories in the Seattle area. Workers returned to work early Wednesday, although the company is not out of the woods with several aircraft program delays including the late arrival of Boeing 747s that will be the next Air Force One aircraft.

—Leslie Josephs

Trump will host an exclusive election dinner at Mar-a-Lago for club members and top political donors, a source who received the invitation confirmed to NBC News.

The dinner is scheduled after Republican presidential candidates cast their ballots in person. He then plans to call in several tele-rallies, a person familiar with the plan told NBC News.

In the evening, Trump will gather with advisers, friends and donors, another source told NBC News.

When the results of the race began to become clearer, the former president then plans to leave the resort and go to the Trump-Vance watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, in West Palm Beach.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Bernie Marcus, the billionaire founder of Home Depot and a major supporter of Trump’s political career, has died at the age of 95, the company confirmed.

Marcus led Home Depot for more than two decades, as its first CEO and as chairman of the board. His net worth at the end of his life topped $11 billion, according to Forbes. The company currently has more than 2,300 locations and employs more than 500,000 people.

Marcus is a supporter of Trump and other Republicans. His philanthropic vehicle, the Marcus Foundation, donated $10 million to the pro-Trump PAC Preserve America in the 2020 election. His family foundation gave $7 million to a pair of pro-Trump super PACs in the 2016 election.

In the 2024 cycle, Marcus said he prefers Trump’s Republican primary rival, Nikki Haley.

— Kevin Breuninger

Pollster and political strategist Frank Luntz on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning said that Pennsylvania and Nevada will be too close to call on Wednesday morning, and the general public won’t know the results of the presidential election until “late Friday or early Saturday.”

“If Trump loses either (Georgia and North Carolina), it will be a Harris victory. If Trump wins either Pennsylvania or Michigan, it will be a Trump victory,” Luntz said.

Another metric that Luntz is “watching very closely” is the Latino vote in Nevada and Arizona, whether conservative older women will vote more for Harris than usual for the Democratic candidate, young women who are “more pro-Harris than the Democratic group. ,” and whether the polls today will see record numbers, which will be “good news for Trump.”

— Ece Yildirim

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” this morning to talk about his hopes for tonight. McCarthy claims polls underestimate support for Trump in Wisconsin, and explains how Harris thinks in Pennsylvania.

— Ece Yildirim

Harris and Trump tied the race at midnight in Dixville Notch, an unincorporated community in the small New Hampshire town where there are six registered voters this year.

Three of those voters went to Harris while the other three went to Trump. Polls open at midnight and close at 12:07 a.m. ET

Since 1960, Dixville Notch voters have followed the tradition of casting their own ballots in wooden boxes just after midnight, before the results are announced a few minutes later.

Although Dixville Notch results are not a predictive measure, the tradition has been kicking off Election Day events for decades.

This year, the Harris-Trump tie happens to mirror the heated race that polls have reported over the past few months. In 2020, President Biden received all five Dixville Notch votes before winning the overall race.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Share from Trump Media & Technology Group trading higher this morning as investors made some final bets on the former president’s company in the final hours of the race against Harris.

DJT shares were up about 9% at one point before the market opened.

Meme stocks tend to fluctuate, but during elections, they are often considered a proxy measure for Trump’s chances of a second term as president.

Wall Street analysts listed it as a stock to watch heading into Election Day.

Read the full story here

— Fred Imbert and Rebecca Picciotto

Trump closed his campaign on Monday with four rallies in three swing states: Two in Pennsylvania, plus one each in North Carolina and Michigan.

On Election Day, the only officially announced event was the Trump-Vance watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

— Kevin Breuninger

More than 77 million Americans have cast ballots by mail or in person, according to NBC News’ tally of early elections.

That’s lower than in 2020, when more than 100 million Americans voted early. But the results come amid the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, when many Americans are avoiding public gatherings and states have expanded absenteeism rules and early voting.

Trump has criticized early voting in 2020 — an attitude that could help President Joe Biden win some key swing states.

While Trump has often waxed nostalgic about voting one day in the 2024 cycle, the campaign and Harris have mostly encouraged supporters to vote as soon as possible.

NBC data, provided by TargetSmart, shows Democrats slightly leading Republicans in the early vote tally, 41% to 39%.

Among the seven key battleground states, registered Democrats have more votes in early voting in three – Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – while registered Republicans lead in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia.

What that means for the end result is unclear.

While early voter numbers are often seen as a signal of certain voter enthusiasm or expected turnout, it is difficult to predict how many other voters will turn out on Tuesday. It is also difficult to know ahead of time what part of the party’s initial vote “cannibalizing” voters on Election Day.

An NBC analysis found that among early voters in 2024 who did not vote in 2020, Democrats outnumber Republicans in Pennsylvania, and female Democrats are the largest group of new voters in the state.

But in Arizona, there are more new Republican voters than Democrats, and male Republicans are leading the way.

— Kevin Breuninger

After hitting Pennsylvania on Monday, Harris’ Election Day schedule is relatively sparse — at least for now.

The only item on her agenda was an election night watch party at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, DC

The campaign will hold an event in “The Yard,” the main quadrangle on campus.

Walz and his wife, Gwen Walz, will also attend a political event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, NBC News reported.

— Kevin Breuninger