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6 Nov 2024

How Trump achieved ‘greatest political comeback’

Data Correspondent and Presenter

America had been prepared for a long and messy count, and possibly a disputed result. But the maths quickly became clear: Trump clinching victory even with five states still to declare.

In the other races, Sarah McBride has become the first openly transgender person elected to the House of Representatives, while Republicans overturned four years of Democratic control in the Senate.