Donald Trump has called it and it looks like he will take the American presidency for a second time. It would be a dramatic victory, one reminiscent of his stunning 2016 win over Hillary Clinton. And Trump, impeached twice by the US House of Representatives, would make history as the first convicted felon to serve as president.

So what went wrong for Kamala Harris, and what went so right for Donald Trump?

Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone, on how the election played out and the cultural realities behind the result.

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