David, Helen and Gary convene on very little sleep to try to make sense of another extraordinary election. Though we still don't know who won, we do know that some things are going to get even harder for American democracy. What's the nightmare scenario: the loser refusing to lose, or the winner being unable to govern? Why did the pollsters get it wrong again? And what's likely to happen when the contest reaches the courts? Plus we ask if the American Constitution can cope with close elections any more.

Relevant Episodes:

From our Mini-Series:

History of Ideas on Tocqueville and American democracy
American Histories: The 15th and the 19th
American Histories: Deporting Mexicans
American Histories: The Great Abortion Switcheroo

Old Episodes on Trump:

What Trump Means to Us
One-term presidents
Can America Cope
American Fascism: Then and Now
America First?
Michael Lewis on Donald Trump (And Michael Lewis Updated)
Trump and History

A Broader Perspective on US Politics:

The Talking Politics Guide to … the US Constitution
Police State USA
Adam Tooze on US vs. China
Judith Butler: Then and Now
Where Power Stops
The Talking Politics Guide to… the Gilded Age
Inaugurals

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