Butler voters recall Trump assassination attempt as they head to the polls
A few miles from where former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in July , voters turned out to cast their ballot.
Voters and an elections official said the process in Butler, Pennsylvania was going smoothly.
Several voters were about evenly split between Trump and Harris, even as surrounding neighborhoods and countryside were overwhelmingly marked with Trump signs and flags, some depicting a photo of him raising his fist in the moments after the shooting.
Elizabeth Nanni said she voted for Harris, saying the candidate is "infinitely smarter " than her opponent, though she voted Republican in some down-ballot races.
Like others, she said Butler still feels the trauma of July 13.
"We're not used to having people shot and killed in Butler," she said. "Hopefully that will be the first and last time anything like that happens here."
Louis Fell, who voted for Trump, said he didn't think the shooting changed anyone's decision about whom to vote for, but it affected the community.
"I feel more connected to the whole thing. We're not just a small town in the middle of nowhere," he said.
