On the national level the Cooperative Election Study found Harris was ahead with 51 percent of the vote against 47 percent for Trump. The poll gave Harris the lead in the critical swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada, though Trump was ahead in North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona.

Donald Trump was defeating Harris in Texas with about 56% of the vote in unofficial returns, as the state remains red.

Texas voters chose former President Donald Trump for a third straight time in Tuesday's election, following a campaign in which he promised to slash income t axes, turn the Justice Department on his political enemies and deport the millions of migrants who are living in the country illegally.