Hillary Clinton has cast her vote near
her home in New York state, as America chooses whether to make her its
first woman president or elect the populist Donald Trump.
Chanting “Madam President”, about 150
supporters turned out to cheer on the Democratic nominee who voted with
husband Bill Clinton at an elementary school near their home in
Chappaqua.
“I’m so happy, I’m just incredibly
happy,” said a smiling Clinton as she emerged from the polling station,
shaking hands, mingling and chatting with the crowd. “All my friends and
my neighbours, it makes me so happy.”
Clinton told reporters after casting her
ballot that it was “the most humbling feeling” to vote for herself for
the nation’s highest office. “I know how much responsibility goes with
this and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election,
what it means for our country,” she added.
Trump is expected to vote later today in
his precinct in Manhattan. Clinton has enjoyed a bounce in her poll
standing in recent days and leads her Republican rival by 3.3 points
nationally in the rolling RealClearPolitics poll average.
Later today, the former secretary of
state heads to the Javits Convention Center in New York, where her team
holds its final election gathering. As millions of Americans today vote
at polling booths opening across, many have already have cast their ballots in early voting, which is offered in 34 states and in Washington.
At midnight local time on Tuesday,
the residents of tiny Dixville Notch in New Hampshire cast their
traditional first-in-the-nation ballots with a total of eight votes —
four going to Clinton and two to Trump.
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