Americans are voting to elect the 46th President, but many in America are bracing for violence and widespread unrest as a chaotic and polarising presidential campaign reaches its conclusion.

Increasingly heated and bitter rhetoric and political polarisation have marked the 2020 presidential election, while the Covid-19 pandemic and massive demonstrations spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement have exacerbated tensions.

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The concern of potential civil unrest is so real that authorities have been building a “non-scalable” fence around the White House.

Businesses across America are boarding up their windows ahead of potential chaos following tomorrow’s election as special police units prepare to tackle looters and rioters and foreign governments warn people not to visit the US for fear of civil unrest.

Fuelling this concern, the “Civil War” hashtag has recently been trending on Twitter.