Analysis
Election nail-biter exposes America's divisions
The cliffhanger vote count shows that more than 65 million American voters want Donald Trump to continue his great disruption.
John KehoeEconomics editor
The nail-biting US presidential election exposes that America's ugly divisions run deeper than at any time since the Civil War in the 1860s.
The solid support for Donald Trump reveals a lot about America to the rest of the world.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
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