Tshidi Madia4 November 2024 | 2:21

Race for the US White House reaches boiling point

Embattled former president Donald Trump is making his third attempt at the White House, he's up against current Vice President Kamala Harris.

Race for the US White House reaches boiling point

US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen with a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attempt during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 15 July 2024. Picture: AFP

JOHANNESBURG -This week Americans will take to the polls to vote in the country’s 50th presidential elections.

Embattled former president Donald Trump is making his third attempt at the White House, he's up against current Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris was a latecomer to the race but has made significant headway to lead the U.S.

There are more than 161 million registered voters, with at least 70 million who already cast their early votes.

The 2024 polls have been largely described as the elections of the unknown, as a tight race between Trump and Haris reaches boiling point.

Twice impeached Trump, who is also facing multiple indictments is not only fighting for the White House, but staying out of the courts.

The flamboyant businessman's return to the limelight has meant picking up from where he left off.

"When I win on November 5, the migration invasion ends and the restoration of the country begins."

Harris was a latecomer to the race who worked overtime trying to close the gap between the two parties.

She presented herself as the antithesis of everything Trump.

"Time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict."

According to polls it's a tight race likely to be determined by a handful of battleground states.