Election night: early signs suggest it’s Trump’s to lose

Americano

The Spectator

Politics, News, News Commentary

4 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Results are coming in across the United States, and the early signs (though it is still very early) look good for Donald Trump. At the time of recording, the betting markets are with him and the famous New York Times ‘Needle’ has swung to a 'likely' Trump victory. It is still much too early to call in an election that could drag on for days to come. No media outlet has called it for either candidate yet. To give you the latest updates from the States, Kate Andrews is joined by The Spectator’s team on the ground: Amber Duke is in battleground state Michigan; Matt McDonald joins from Washington DC, where Kamala Harris is having her election night party; and Freddy Gray speaks from team Trump's party in Palm Beach, Florida.

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0:23.6	Hello and welcome to The Americano Show.
0:25.7	I'm Kate Andrews and I'm guest hosting for Freddie Gray while he's over in the States.
0:29.7	We'll be getting reports from him this week on the U.S. election and be speaking to many other
0:34.1	guests.
0:34.7	Now on with the show.
0:36.9	Rise and shine for a very early edition of Americano. I'm joined by an all-star lineup of
0:42.5	Spectator staff to give you the latest updates on the U.S. election. Freddie Gray, our deputy
0:47.5	editor, joins down the line from Florida. Amber Duke, Washington editor of Spectator World,
0:53.0	is joining from Michigan. And Matt McDonald, managing editor of Spectator World, is joining from Michigan,
0:59.4	and Matt McDonald, managing editor of Spectator World, joins us from Washington, D.C.
1:01.4	I'm here in London.
1:05.7	I've been at the Stafford Hotel for the past few hours speaking to American expats who are watching the results roll in live there.
1:09.0	Jennifer Ewing, from Republicans Overseasas UK tells me why she's quite excited
1:13.7	about what she's saying. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good, especially if you're not looking to the BBC
1:18.5	that they have on the television wall because the actual results are coming in much quicker.
1:23.5	I think he's going to even make inroads into the popular vote as well as the electoral college vote.
1:29.8	But it is still fairly early on in this process.
1:33.5	Chris Soprano, an American living in London, tells me why he's cautiously optimistic.
1:38.9	I am feeling the same way that I felt five days ago, um,
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