The effort to disqualify President Trump from the White House on the basis of Section Three of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment could be set to enter a fresh phase if Democrats capture the House and hold the Senate. If Trump wins — or if he loses — Democratic lawmakers could try to box out the 45th president.

So as vote-counting progresses, we’ll be providing a regularly updated look at the most likely paths to victory for each candidate. As each state is called (or looks close to a call), we’ll look at how it affects the candidates’ paths to victory and their most likely paths that remain.

Polls have begun to close on the East Coast as Election Day enters its final hours. The road to 270 electoral college votes has begun for both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Swing states, sometimes referred to as battleground or purple states, are states that have demonstrated split support in recent election cycles.

All eyes will be a small number of key "swing states" for the 2024 presidential election, some of which are in the Midwest.

Election results in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin will be critical.

Seven states have been the focus for pollsters and campaigns in this presidential election: The "Blue Wall" and the Sun Belt.