Is the race for the White House 'a real Armageddon election'?

The outcome could have profound implications for the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the climate crisis

On Tuesday, the nation will hold a presidential election like none before, poised between the historic candidacy of a Black woman and a former president branded a fascist by his own former officials. Picture: AP Photo

America’s moment of reckoning has arrived. On Tuesday, the nation will hold a presidential election like none before, poised between the historic candidacy of a Black woman and a former president branded a fascist by his own former officials.

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump spent the weekend barnstorming swing states, aware opinion polls show them running neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. Analysts are predicting the closest election since 2000, when George W Bush prevailed by 537 votes, and warning of the threat of civil unrest and political violence.