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Lloyd Green

The year in political books: mapping an astonishing moment in US history

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As the US is on the verge of a Republican governmental trifecta, some titles try to explain how the country got here. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Donald Trump finally won the popular vote. His narrow margin, 1.48%, proved sufficient to devastate the Democrats. Come noon on 20 January, inauguration day, Republicans will sit atop all three branches of the federal government.

It is an astonishing moment in US political history, but the year in books maps how America reached this point.

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