WASHINGTON - After nearly two years of bitterness and rancor, America begins electing its 45th president Tuesday, making Hillary Clinton the nation's first female commander in chief or choosing billionaire businessman Donald Trump, whose volatile campaign has upended United States (US) politics.
Clinton enters Election Day with multiple paths to victory, while Trump must win most of the roughly dozen battleground states up in order to clinch 270 Electoral College votes.
Control of the Senate is also at stake, with Democrats needing to net four seats if Clinton wins the White House.
Like millions of Americans, Clinton and Trump planned to cast their votes Tuesday morning.
The Democrat was heading to a polling place near her home in Chappaqua, New York, while the Republican was voting in Manhattan.
The candidates blitzed through the battleground states on Monday, accompanied by their families, political allies and celebrities. (Monitoring Desk)