Democrats suffer a drubbing: 10 key takeaways from Trump’s election win

Kamala Harris fell way short as Trump's bombastic style and extreme proposals appealed to more than 70m voters

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Donald Trump coasted back into the White House by a wide margin in Tuesday's presidential election, with the Republican's bombastic style and extreme policy proposals appealing to more than 70 million voters across all 50 states.

His victory also meant misery for Democrats, and Kamala Harris, who was attempting to become the first woman to become president of the US, but who ultimately fell way short, crucially in the handful of swing states that decided the outcome.