The US election: Are Democrats a threat to democracy?
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Have we completely misunderstood why Donald Trump won the American election?
An avalanche of political commentary has convinced us that Trump clinched the presidency because of a simple message.
He was just better than Kamala Harris at managing the economy.
Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on what the broadest American exit poll tells us really drove Americans to choose Trump.
And how this might play into the upcoming Australian federal election.
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