Sweeping all of the swing states, Trump’s was an emphatic victory. And a key reason is that many Americans feel worse off than they were four years ago.

The former president is set to return to the White House with a comfortable Electoral College win.

Voter turnout in states with high barriers to voting are well below the national average – especially in Southern states with Republican legislatures.

Republicans and Liberals have found common cause attacking big business. But when it comes to actually siding with workers over business, a different picture emerges.

With just a few weeks until the presidential election, the polls have both sides in a dead heat – so now the result may hinge on who comes out to vote.

Polling shows the Democrat and Republican nominees remain in a tight race. The same can’t be said for the Queensland state election, where the LNP is polling strongly ahead of the Labor government.

More than 40% of Democrats and Republicans didn’t vote in the past three US elections. These non-voters could be pivotal in deciding who wins this year’s contest.

Analysis of the rhetoric coming out of the Trump and Biden campaigns shows high levels or toxicity, particularly from the Republican.

Both parties will try to use the shooting for campaign advantage by tapping into voters’ emotions. How they do so could be pivotal.

Democrats now have an issue to mobilise voters. For Republicans, however, it’s more complicated.

This would send the message the West’s much-vaunted values and respect for rules are little more than rhetoric. It will also legitimise conquest as an option that goes unpunished.