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 to become the next US president just hours before voters go to the polls.

The Gold Logie winning host, who is in the US capital Washington D.C. to cover the presidential race, made the surprise claim on the Channel Ten program on Tuesday night. 

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

‘There’s no point having you on unless you give us a name,’ Langbroek told him. 

‘Who is going to win?’  

Without hesitation, Aly responded: ‘Kamala Harris. There’s a name’.

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

‘Oh really!’ Langbroek said. 

‘Is that a bet Waleed?’ Sarah Harris asked.  

Aly went on to explain his prediction, despite polls saying that the election is still too close to call. 

‘My theory is, Trump has fewer ways to win. Kamala has a bit more room for error in the people she is targeting and who might turn out,’ he said. 

‘Where as Trump is really going for a particular kind of voter – especially a male voter [and] especially a young voter.

‘The problem he has is that they are not people who typically turn out and vote.’

Aly went on to concede that Trump may win if certain factors swing in his favour, including whether the voters he targeted during the election campaign turn up and vote for him. 

Waleed Aly (pictured) is in the US capital of Washington D.C. to cover the presidential race

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

‘This is such a strange election. There are so many elements of the voting block that could break off and vote in ways you do not expect,’ Aly said.

Almost 80million Americans have cast their votes on the final day of polling.

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

Both candidates need to win 270 out of the 538 Electoral College votes that cover each of the 50 states across America and the District of Columbia. 

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

Ms Harris and Mr Trump (pictured centre) need to win 270 out of the 538 Electoral College votes that covers each of the 50 states across America and the District of Columbia

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

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

The former president has also been impeached twice while he was in office from 2017 to 2021. 

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