DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has cast her vote near her home in New York State, as America chooses whether to make her its first woman president or elect the populist Donald Trump.

Chanting “Madam President”, about 150 supporters turned out to cheer on the Democratic nominee who voted with husband Bill Clinton at an elementary school near their home in Chappaqua, reports Dailymail.

“I am so happy, I am just incredibly happy,” said a smiling Clinton as she emerged from the polling station, shaking hands, mingling and chatting with the crowd.

Millions of Americans have begun to vote as polling booths open across the country to decide the next president of the United States.

Clinton holds a narrow lead over her Republican rival after an exhausting campaign marked by ugly rhetoric and personal attacks.
 
Millions of voters already have cast their ballots in early voting, which is offered in 34 states and in Washington.

A polling average by tracker site RealClearPolitics gave Clinton a 3.3-percentage point national lead, but Trump is closer or even has the advantage in several of the swing states that he must conquer to pull off an upset.

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