It’s D-day for Barack Obama and John McCain as 130 million Americans are expected to vote today to elect the new US President.
Voting across the United States is flocking to the 300,000 polling stations.
Republican, John McCain is attempting to defy the opinion polls while Democrat, Barack Obama is seeking to become the country's first Black President. Obama and McCain voted in their respective home cities of Chicago, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona. Record numbers are expected to turn out, adding their ballots to the 29 million people who have voted early.
The BBC reports:
Obama seems relaxed but he is hoping that people actually go out and vote as he believes that his biggest enemy today is not John McCain, but complacency, as the potential Obama voters may think that he has already won the race and they do not need to go out and vote.
It’s just after midday in Washington DC. Stay with us as we follow the US Presidential elections right through to the final result and announce the next US President later today.
D-Day for Obama, McCain
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