After nearly two years, the most grueling and contentious election in modern history is finally coming to a close.
Tuesday night will see a steady stream of polls closing in states across the country, and as votes are counted, results will start coming in.
To give a sense of what to expect, here's a list of when polling ends in each state and DC, as reported by The Green Papers, as well as a guide of which states to watch closely. All times listed are in Eastern Standard Time.
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6:00 PM: Eastern Indiana and Kentucky
The first polling places to close are the parts of Indiana and Kentucky that fall in the Eastern Time Zone. While both of these states are very likely to go for Republican nominee Donald Trump, it's worth noting that Gary, Indiana, which falls in the Central Time Zone and so has its polls close an hour later, has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold.
7:00 PM: The first big swing state
At 7:00 p.m., several eastern states will start counting their votes. Georgia and South Carolina will likely come in for Donald Trump, although the former is a perennial target for a Democratic surprise. 7:00 p.m. also marks the end of voting in the western parts of likely-Republican Kentucky and Indiana.
Meanwhile, Vermont is favorable territory for Hillary Clinton, and the former Secretary of State has consistently held a narrow lead in Virginia.
Professor Sam Wang of the Princeton Election Consortium told Business Insider that he's not focusing on the latter swing state: "The last two elections, the Virginia counts did not reflect polls, the polling was accurate but if you actually wanted counties to tell you what was happening, you had to stay up until midnight. So I specifically do not watch Virginia on Election Day."
The big prize at this point in the night is Florida. The overwhelming majority of the state that falls in Eastern Time begins its vote count at 7:00 p.m. Florida is the largest of the true swing states, with 29 electoral votes and as of Monday morning a tossup with Real Clear Politics' polling average showing Clinton ahead of Trump by just a single percentage point in a four-way race.
7:30 PM: Two more swing states
At 7:30 p.m., the key swing states of Ohio and North Carolina begin counting their votes. Polls also close in West Virginia, where Trump is very heavily favored.
Professor Wang said of North Carolina, "A state I'm going to be watching really closely is North Carolina, because it's going to be interesting at three levels. Right, president, Senate, and governor. Gerrymandering has taken it off the table at the House level, but at the other levels it's a really interesting state to watch."
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