While the outcome of the 2024 election remains undecided, Hollywood's elite have taken to social media, voicing their reactions and anxieties amidst the anticipated suspense surrounding the delayed results. Prominent figures such as Katie Couric, Bette Midler, Yvette Nicole Brown, John Cusack, and Krista Vernoff, who are politically vocal, have commented on the neck-and-neck race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. As of 9:45 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Harris had secured 189 electoral votes, while Trump had garnered 230.
As the West Coast approached the late evening hours of Tuesday, the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Arizona were still too close to call. The Associated Press had already declared Trump the winner in Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Iowa, Utah, Montana, Missouri, and West Virginia.
On the other hand, Harris was victorious in New York, Vermont, Maryland, Connecticut (mentioned twice in the original, corrected to a single mention here), Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Hawaii, and Illinois.
On Tuesday night, the Harris campaign dispatched an email to its staff, forecasting that the electoral race would extend into Wednesday morning. The email stated, in part, "As we continue to receive trickling data from the Sun Belt states, we have always been aware that our most direct route to securing 270 electoral votes lies through the Blue Wall states. Furthermore, we are encouraged by the trends we are observing."
Former President Barack Obama reminded voters that "in 2020, it took several days to count every ballot, and it is highly probable that we will not know the results tonight as well." Meanwhile, Brown penned his thoughts on X, expressing his frustration: "Damn this deceptive red mirage! And if we lose the Senate… Oh, the agony! Moreover, the idea of Latino voters leaning towards Trump, despite his pledge to deport them, fills me with dread and disbelief. I just…"
