'This election just feels huge' - Voters turn out at the polls in swing state Michigan

Record ID: 1854004

  • Title: 'This election just feels huge' - Voters turn out at the polls in swing state Michigan
  • Date: 5th November 2024
  • Summary: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 5, 2024) (REUTERS) ELECTION OFFICIAL ANNOUNCING OPENING OF POLLS AND PEOPLE WALKING IN AFTER LINING UP PEOPLE WALKING IN TO POLLING STATION PEOPLE LINING UP TO VOTE INSIDE POLLING STATION MAN VOTING MAN LOOKING AT BALLOT VARIOUS OF WOMAN VOTING MAN LOOKING AT BALLOT BEFORE GOING TO VOTING BOOTH TO FILL IT IN VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE AND VOTING (SOUNDBITE) (English) VIDA WILSON, 33, CHURCH MINISTER WHO LIVES IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, SAYING: "I voted for Kamala Harris. Yeah, I just feel like we don't have... we're limited in our choices, and I don't put my hope in people or candidates, but I just view Trump and his supporters as dangerous, not even, you know, just to our country, but globally and I care about people and our future, so, this election just feels huge, so this is the only option for me." (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAUREN KOKOMA, 24, CLINIC LAB DIRECTOR WHO LIVES IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, SAYING: "Today I voted for Donald Trump, and I really just agree with all his policies, and my convictions align with his beliefs a little bit more than the other party, so." PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE VARIOUS OF BALLOTS BEING PROCESSED VARIOUS OF WOMAN AT CHECK-IN TABLE MAN'S LEGS AS HE STANDS IN VOTING BOOTH (SOUNDBITE) (English) LINDA HARKNESS-HOLT, 60, VETERANS HOME WORKER WHO LIVES IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, SAYING: "Okay, I voted for Kamala Harris, yes I did, for several reasons, and I don't want to talk about the other opponent, but yes, I voted for Kamala." HARKNESS-HOLT'S STICKER READING (English): 'I VOTED' (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAMES TOZER, 39, SALESPERSON WHO LIVES IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, SAYING: "I voted for Donald Trump. I just feel from a foreign affairs point of view, that he would be a stronger leader than Kamala Harris." VOTER WITH 'I VOTED' STICKER ON HIS FOREHEAD, THEN HE TAKES IT OFF AND STICKS IT TO HIS SHIRT
  • Embargoed: 19th November 2024 18:02
  • Keywords: Donald Trump Kamala Harris U.S. president elections presidential candidates presidential election swing state voters voting
  • Location: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
  • City: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001742305112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Michigan voters headed to the polls on Tuesday (November 5) with the presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris as tight as it could be.
    Voters in Grand Rapids lined up at a church polling station before 7 am ET (1200 GMT) for their chance to choose between two sharply different visions for the country.
    "I voted for Kamala Harris," said Vida Wilson, 33, a minister. "I care about people and our future. This election just feels huge, so this is the only option for me."
    "I voted for Donald Trump, and I really just agree with all his policies and my convictions align with his beliefs a little bit more than the other party," said 24-year-old clinic lab director Lauren Kokoma, 24.
    Michigan is one of the seven neck-and-neck states that is likely to determine the outcome of the election.
    Trump's campaign has suggested he may declare victory on election night even while millions of ballots have yet to be counted, as he did four years ago. The former president has repeatedly said any defeat could only stem from widespread fraud, echoing his false claims from 2020.
    The winner may not be known for days if the margins in battleground states are as slim as expected.
    (Production: Aleksandra Michalska, Jane Ross)
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