After notching a string of wins in crucial swing states, Donald Trump was poised to return to the White House after a momentous presidential election in which democracy itself had been at stake and which is likely to take the United States into uncharted political waters.
The Republican nominee took North Carolina surprisingly early, the first battleground state to be called, and later he won Georgia and then Pennsylvania. He was strongly positioned in Arizona and Nevada, other key contests on Wednesday morning. Victory in one more state would see him return to the presidency.
