When Is the Earliest the 2024 Election Can Be Called?

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58% : As of noon Tuesday, according to 538's poll tracker, Harris is ahead of Trump by 1.2 points with 48 percent to his 46.8 percent.
46% : Meanwhile, if Trump is winning the southern battleground states, Harris will still have a plausible path to victory through the "blue wall", but we'll have to wait longer to know.Which States Have Been Called?The Associated Press, which uses a network of "thousands of stringers and vote center clerks who take feeds, scrape official state websites for data and electronically add up votes across the country," is the official source used by major media outlets for determining U.S. election outcomes, which are made when "it's certain that the candidate who's ahead in the count can't be caught," according to the AP.
21% : Who Is Leaning in the Current Polls?Polls have shown Harris and Trump locked in a close battle nationally.

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