Trump supporters started to grow in confidence early in the night as the Republican nominee extended his margin of victory in a number of key states, such as Florida.

He later clinched the important swing states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

The famously-accurate pollster Ann Selzer, who generated much media speculation with an outlier poll for Kamala Harris in Iowa, appears to have been wrong by a significant degree.

Exit polls released tonight meanwhile paint a bleak picture of the US political landscape, with three in four voters having a negative perception of the current state of affairs in the US. Only about one-quarter express enthusiasm or satisfaction with the nation’s position, with over four in 10 expressing dissatisfaction and roughly three in 10 have said they’re angry.

Despite a number of bomb threats and ongoing security concerns, millions of voters queued to cast their ballots across the United States in the battle for the White House between the Vice President and former president Trump.