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US elections 2016

  • Amber Dahlin holds a sign urging the electors to vote their conscience outside the Colorado Capitol building in Denver, Colorado on December 19, 2016 to demonstrate against US President-elect Donald Trump on the day the Electoral College votes to certify the election. Members of America’s Electoral College convened across the country Monday to formally anoint Donald Trump as president, with opponents clinging to slim hopes of a revolt that could deny him power. / AFP PHOTO / Chris SchneiderCHRIS SCHNEIDER/AFP/Getty Images

    Electoral college formally elects Donald Trump as president

  • US citizens watch the live telecast of the 2016 US presidential elections on television at the US ambassador’s residence in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday.

    What will President Donald Trump do?
    Predicting his policy agenda

  • Khizr Khan at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Khizr Khan on being vilified by Trump
    The far right feels that their voice has been heard

  • People in Times Square, New York

    The US has elected its most dangerous leader. We all have plenty to fear

    Jonathan Freedland
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  • Man leaves court with eyes closed

    Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election

  • The criminal case against Trump stems from an alleged scheme to cover up purported liaisons with two women before the 2016 presidential election

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    Trump speaks before historic criminal trial over 'hush money'– video

  • Steve Bannon

    New book details Steve Bannon’s ‘Maga movement’ plan to rule for 100 years

  • Herbert Hoover, seen in June 1932.

    Biden comparing Trump to Herbert Hoover a ‘cheap shot’, descendant says

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Opinion

  • Jonathan Freedland

    Trump will cling to power. To get him out, Biden will have to win big

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Mike Bloomberg<br>emocratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg waves to the crowd during his campaign launch of "Mike for Black America," at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    Mike Bloomberg has a terrible past. Will his money stop scrutiny of it?

    Zaid Jilani
    • Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill

      The Guardian view on Robert Mueller’s testimony: what will Democrats do next?

    • TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-TRUMP-election<br>TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida to officially launch his 2020 campaign on June 18, 2019. - Trump kicks off his reelection campaign at what promised to be a rollicking evening rally in Orlando. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

      Trump's 2020 kick-off proves he lacks the self-awareness to change

    • U.S. President Trump

      The Guardian view on the Mueller report: now we see it. What next?

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Campaign issues

  • FILE - This March 18, 2016, file photo, Jasen Tropf of Salt Lake City, cheers while waiting for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally, in Salt Lake City. Utah Republicans, mostly Mormons, are now struggling to figure out how to cast their vote this November. Trump has shattered the normal Republican consensus in Utah even more so than he has nationwide, activating fault lines under a normally stable electorate largely unified by a single religion. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

    'A sense that white identity is under attack'
    Making sense of the alt-right

  • Jessica Valenti

    I thought this election would be less sexist. Trump proved me wrong

    Jessica Valenti
    • A car in flooded Gonzales, Louisiana during the Aegust floods

      Climate change
      Why was the environment ignored in the US election?

    • A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Trump returns from the concession stand with popcorn at a Trump rally in Toledo<br>A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump returns from the concession stand with popcorn at a Trump rally in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

      Hidden faultline
      How Trump v Clinton laid bare America's class divide

    • Moustafa Bayoumi

      Donald Trump has made it clear: in his America, Muslim citizens don’t exist

      Moustafa Bayoumi

Explore the result

On the road

Election stories from our reporters across America
  • Illustration by Dominic McKenzie for Review.

    ‘None of the old rules apply’
    Dave Eggers travels through post-election America

  • Hillary Clinton walks off the stage after making her concession speech on Wednesday.

    A night of shattered dreams
    Inside election day with Hillary Clinton

    • Donald Trump

      My journeys in Trumpland

      Dan Roberts in Washington
    • In the beginning … Donald Trump greets supporters during a backyard reception in Bedford, New Hampshire, on 30 June 2015.

      My year with Trump
      Covering a curiosity that became a dark phenomenon

      Ben Jacobs in Washington
    • Trump Supporter House, Long Island, New York, USA - 02 Nov 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ann Parry/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock (6938841b) Political banner ‘’VOTE TRUMP Protect Our Culture Language &amp; Borders’’ supporting the Republican presidential candidate is near roof of Eileen Fuscaldo, who had a variety of pro-Trump anti-Clinton displays. Trump Supporter House, Long Island, New York, USA - 02 Nov 2016

      Hitler salutes and white supremacism
      A weekend with the 'alt-right'

      Adam Gabbatt in Washington

Anywhere but Washington

  • Anywhere but Washington paul lewis guardian

    Mississippi
    Black church burning stirs debate over Trump and race

  • Paul Lewis and a Trump supporter

    Why America elected Trump

    This final Anywhere but Washington dispatch, from Nevada, captures the hope and despair behind a stunning election result – and explains the reasons behind Trump’s remarkable ascent
  • Ed Shephard in McDowell County, West Virginia, shared his thoughts with Anywhere but Washington about the US presidential election.

    Pain, anger and fear
    US voters deprived of a serious presidential election

    In search of the people and places overlooked on the campaign trail, I discovered a nation divided by much more than the race between Clinton and Trump

The minute

  • Arizona voters will decide on three measures which will impact direct democracy in the state.

    Republicans in Arizona push measures to curtail citizen-led initiatives

  • Vice President Harris Visits Ground Zero on 9/11<br>epa10178019 Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial in New York City, USA, 11 September 2022. The 21st anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on US soil is being observed at several locations in the United States. EPA/BONNIE CASH / POOL

    Kamala Harris says ‘everything on the line’ in midterm elections

  • Jena Griswold<br>FILE - Colorado's Democratic incumbent Secretary of State Jena Griswold, speaks during a news conference in Denver on Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

    ‘The US could lose the right to vote’: top official’s democracy warning

  • PLEASANT GROVE, AL - February 22, 2020: Eric Calhoun, plaintiff in the Legal Defense Fund lawsuit, photographed at his home in Pleasant Grove. CREDIT: Johnathon Kelso for The Guardian

    He challenged his all-white city council in Alabama. Now he’s on it

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Video

Video

Interactive

  • Trump tracker screenshot 16 June

    Who supports Donald Trump?
    The new Republican center of gravity

  • Pre US election poll organised by wax figure museum, Krakow, Poland - 03 Nov 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by East News/REX/Shutterstock (6938838i) Wax figures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump outside the Polonia Wax museum Pre US election poll organised by wax figure museum, Krakow, Poland - 03 Nov 2016

    Election quiz
    How much do you remember from the presidential race?

    Test your knowledge of the candidates, unforgettable soundbites and political controversies in the most dramatic election in recent history
  • Chart of state-by-state voter turnout in presidential elections (ballots cast for president, voting-eligible population)

    Election quiz
    What is the voter turnout in your state?

    Competitiveness, demographics and voting laws play key roles in whether voters flock to the polls or stay home – but what percentage of voters in your state marked a ballot during the last presidential election?
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