IN PICS | Inside the US election day05 Nov 2024, 12:05 by SowetanLIVE · SowetanLIVEKosovo artist Alkent Pozhegu works on mosaic made of grains showing portraits of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S.Image: Valdrin XhemajUS citizens have taken to the polls on Tuesday to vote for their 47th president. People line up at a polling station to vote during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Jeenah MoonAn election banner depicting "Uncle Sam" hangs on a building during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Seth HeraldRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by former U.S. first lady Melania Trump, visits his campaign headquarters to thank the campaign workers on Election Day, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Brian SnyderFormer mayor of New York City and former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sits inside a car outside Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, where Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. first lady Melania Trump are expected to vote, during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Ricardo ArduengoRepublican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by former U.S. first lady Melania Trump, visits his campaign headquarters to thank the campaign workers on Election Day, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Brian SnyderLaurie Sarver, a supporter of Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, shows her "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) themed decorated nails outside a polling station during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Kia JohnsonA woman takes part in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Eloisa LopezDaria Jones votes as her children wait at the Lewiston Memorial Armory in Maine's 2nd congressional district on Election Day in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Faith NinivaggiMigrants traveling in a caravan take a break while they attempt to reach Mexico's northern border on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Day, in Alvaro Obregon, Mexico November 5, 2024.Image: Daniel BecerrilPeople walk near the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, where Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. first lady Melania Trump are expected to vote, during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Ricardo ArduengoPeople walk to vote in the 2024 presidential election on Election Day in New York City.Image: Kent J. EdwardsA person votes at PS 20 Anna Silver Elementary School, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections in Manhattan, New York City.Image: Andrew KellyDemocratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, leans down to clap for a member of her staff, seated at left, as Harris and staff congratulate each other on the end of the campaign on Monday, November 5 2024.Image: Jacquelyn Martin/ReutersA "vote here" sign is displayed at PS 20 Anna Silver Elementary School, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Manhattan, New York City.Image: Andrew KellyThe names of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Tim Walz, Republican presidential nominee and former U.S.Image: Andrew KellyDonwayne Jones shows his "I Voted Early" sticker after voting for the first time during early voting in the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. November 3, 2024.Image: Rebecca CookA man votes at PS 20 Anna Silver Elementary School, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Manhattan, New York City, U.S.Image: Andrew KellyPeople line up to vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day at Park Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Cheney OrrA truck passes a warehouse with the U.S. flag painted on it at sunrise during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Shannon StapletonPeople vote at P.S. 140 Nathan Straus Elementary School for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, on Election Day in Manhattan, New York City, U.S, November 5, 2024.Image: Andrew KellyMelissa Fehl votes, next to a cat named "Skye", in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day, at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Image: Quinn GlabickiPeople line up to vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day at Park Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Cheney OrrSupporters of the Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris make a rangoli wishing Harris success in the U.S. elections, in Thulasendrapuram, the village where Harris' maternal grandfather was born, in the Southern state of Tamil Nadu, India.Image: Francis MascarenhasPeople vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., November 5, 2024.Image: Rebecca CookFulton county workers process absentee ballots at Fulton County Operations Hub and Elections Center the day before the U.S. presidential election, in Atlanta, Georgia U.S.Image: Cheney OrrSowetanLIVE Trump or Harris, ‘Africa actually isn’t a factor in this election’As the US gears up for a crucial election on Tuesday, analysts warned that while the outcome hangs in the balance, a Trump presidency could signal a return to a transactional foreign policy that has historically sidelined South African interests.Koena Mashale, 05 Nov 2024SOWETAN SAYS | Trump or Harris, who will better manage SA relations?Americans will take to the polls on Tuesday to elect the 47th president of their country. The choice between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump has implications for the US and the world over. For Americans, this election is a contest over the management of their economy, their structural and racialised inequality, as well as the intersection between state regulation and individual rights such as abortion.04 Nov 2024READER LETTER | American values declining rapidlyBeyoncé and a variety of other left-wing, woke, liberal and misguided libertarians, are coming out of their closets in support of Kamala Harris. Freedom, they screech, seeking to have a woman of colour seated in the Oval Office in Washington – no matter what.READER LETTER, 28 Oct 2024