Waleed Aly shocks The Project with wild prediction on he thinks will win the US election

Waleed Aly has stunned fellow panellists on The Project by predicting that Kamala Harris will defeat Donald Trump and become the next US president, just hours before voters go to the polls.

The Gold Logie-winning presenter, who is in the US capital Washington DC to cover the presidential race, made the surprising claim on the Channel Ten program on Tuesday evening.

He was put on the spot by fellow panelist Kate Langbroek who asked who would get the keys to the White House.

“There’s no point in having you unless you give us a name,” Langbroek told him.

‘Who’s going to win?’

Without hesitation, Aly replied, “Kamala Harris. There is a name’.

Langbroek appeared shocked as fellow co-hosts Hamish Macdonald, Sarah Harris and comedian Sam Taunton gasped.

“Oh really!” said Langbroek.

“Is that a bet Waleed?” Sarah Harris asked.

Aly further explained his prediction, despite polls saying the election is still too close to call.

“My theory is that Trump has fewer ways to win. “Kamala has a little more room for error with the people she is targeting and to whom that could happen,” he said.

“What Trump is actually after is a certain kind of voter – especially a male voter [and] especially a young voter.

“The problem he has is that these aren’t people who normally come out to vote.”

Aly further admitted that Trump could win if certain factors go in his favor, including whether the voters he targeted during the election campaign show up and vote for him.

Waleed Aly (photo) is in the American capital Washington DC to report on the presidential race

Aly thinks Democratic candidate Kamala Harris (pictured) has a better chance of winning because her opponent Donald Trump has fewer ways to achieve victory

‘These are such strange elections. There are so many elements of the voting bloc that can break off and vote in ways you don’t expect,” Aly said.

Nearly 80 million Americans cast their votes on the final day of the election.

Vice President and Democratic candidate Ms. Harris and her Republican rival Trump ended their respective campaign trails in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania on Monday.

Both candidates must win 270 of the 538 Electoral College votes covering each of America’s 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Ms Harris is vying to make history as the first female US president.

Ms Harris and Mr Trump (pictured centre) need to win 270 of the 538 Electoral College votes covering each of America’s 50 states and the District of Columbia

Harris entered the race after President Joe Biden withdrew following his disastrous debate performance against Trump in June.

Trump, who survived two assassination attempts, would become the first convicted felon to sit in the Oval Office if he wins.

The former president was also impeached twice during his term from 2017 to 2021.

A winner could be declared as soon as Wednesday afternoon AEDT.