Ball gowns and battle grounds: The re-election of Donald Trump
The Story
The Times
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🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
After two years of campaigning, Americans have cast their votes, with Trump riding a growing wave of momentum. This is how the night unfolded.
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Guests:
- Tom Newton-Dunn, covering the US election for The Times.
- Louise Callaghan, US Correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
- Alistair Dawber, Washington Correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
- Tom Calver, Data Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Taryn Siegel, Chris Wade and Edward Drummond.
Clips: NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, CNN.
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| 1:17.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvien Rana. |
| 1:31.3 | It's 10pm in London, 5pm on the East Coast of America. People are still voting, and our intrepid producer, Chris Wade, |
| 1:34.6 | is at a viewing party in central London. |
| 1:37.6 | It's already pretty lively, as you can probably hear. |
| 1:42.9 | There's a big screen up in the corner, showing a map of the US with all the spring states marked out. |
| 1:48.4 | And there are lots of Americans sat around here, sat around tables, talking to each other, having a beer. |
| 1:58.2 | I think I speak for both sides of the aisle that there's an excitement, but there is a nervous excitement. |
| 2:07.9 | I'm potentially optimistic about, you know, restoring our process of democracy in the United States. |
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