The much-talked about "tightest race in US election history" never eventuated as Donald Trump and his Republican Party swept back into power, comprehensively defeating Kamala Harris and the Democrats to become the 47th president of the United States of America.

The Post’s National Affairs Editor Andrea Vance is in Washington D.C the day after the election and joins us to recap a remarkable 24 hours.

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