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Live Trump wins key battleground states

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

Donald Trump takes the lead in key swing states but Hillary Clinton wins Virginia and in the Northeast.

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See results as they come in

Live results in the 2016 US Presidential and Congress elections

In pictures - US election day

Images from across the US as the country votes to elect a new president.

Five clues for who will win

US election 2016: Five things to watch in results

  • 8 November 2016

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The place that predicts presidents

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Black and voting for Donald Trump

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The countries that beat the US

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What's at stake: Control of Congress

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The cartoonist reclaiming a hate symbol

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'We will bring the country together'

Waiting 96 years to vote for a woman

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US election 'has resurfaced my rape'

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Melania Trump's Slovenia days

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What's the worst that could happen?

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What's at stake for US immigrants

The issues

Where they stand on foreign policy

  • 2 November 2016

What's at stake for Supreme Court?

The key issues

The BBC take

America the beautiful's ugly election

Does a country get the politics it deserves? Nick Bryant argues the US is better than this election.

Nick Bryant BBC News, New York

The Disunited States of America - whoever wins

Whoever wins this weirdest of elections will struggle to govern these disunited states of America.

Jon Sopel North America editor

Foreign policy: More of same?

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have radically different foreign policies, but how much will America's posture in the world change if either of them win?

Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight

America's date with destiny

Gavin Hewitt reflects on a long, bruising US presidential election campaign.

Gavin Hewitt Chief correspondent

Can the FBI survive election season?

FBI director faces scrutiny from left and right over his investigation of Clinton's emails.

James Cook: The rise of the alt-right

The anti-immigrant rhetoric of Republican Donald Trump has energised a disparate American movement accused of racism and anti-Semitism.

Angry America

The dark depths of hatred for Clinton

  • 12 October 2016
  • From the section Magazine

The politics of paranoia

  • 24 January 2016
  • From the section Magazine

Why are Americans so angry?

  • 4 February 2016
  • From the section Magazine

Watch/Listen

Video 4:32

The place that predicts presidents

Video 2:15

Black and voting for Donald Trump

Video 2:00

The countries that beat the US

Video 1:29

What's at stake: Control of Congress

Video 2:46

The cartoonist reclaiming a hate symbol

Video 0:53

'We will bring the country together'

Waiting 96 years to vote for a woman

Video 2:32

US election 'has resurfaced my rape'

Video 1:57

Melania Trump's Slovenia days

Video 2:46

What's the worst that could happen?

Video 1:43

What's at stake for US immigrants

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