US election 2024: UK Democrats' defiant six-word message as Kamala Harris vies for victory

supporters living in the UK have this morning expressed their confidence is going to smash the US election.

Kristin Wolfe, Democrats Abroad UK chair, said in a defiant message: "We're going to win this thing" as . had warned of "massive cheating" in a US state after having said he is confident of a "very big victory" in the presidential elections.

But Democrats Abroad UK believes its efforts to "get out the vote" of Americans overseas was "second to none". Ms Wolfe added: "This is happening all over the - we are turning out overseas voters."

The first polls - including those in Indiana and Kentucky - have closed in the nail-biting presidential race. However, so-called swing states such as Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania - where the results will be close - are the areas where the Democrats and Republicans have focused their campaigning in recent days.

Under the US voting system, a total of 270 votes in what is known as the electoral college are needed to win the presidential election. Kamala Harris has already won Vermont and its three electoral votes. It, though, has been reliably Democrat since Bill Clinton's win over George Bush in 1992.

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The election has largely unfolded smoothly across the USA, despite some voters suffering delays in casting their ballots, and a spate of what the FBI described as non-credible bomb threats.

The economy - and reducing inflation - is a key issue for Americans according to exit polling, but other areas of concern for voters are security on the US's southern border with Mexico, protecting democracy and abortion rights.

As they take part in the presidential poll, 10 states across the US will vote on whether to enshrine the right to abortion in law. The neck-and-neck race will have a sweeping impact on global politics, including in the UK where Sir Keir Starmer's Government may have to grapple with upheaval in America's security and defence approach if Mr Trump wins.

The Government has been working hard to win over the Republican candidate in case he is re-elected, after a trans-Atlantic spat developed in recent weeks over volunteers heading to the US to campaign for his rival.

Sir Keir is expected to be following the results of the US election, but his official spokesman did not say whether the Prime Minister would be staying up overnight to watch the results roll in.