A man votes in the bakery department at a Randalls grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Donald Trump has won Florida – and is now all but President of the United States.
Just hours ago, the result would have seemed impossible. Now, the opposite is the case.
It is the Clinton camp that is doing the number crunching. With every vote counted, the calculations get darker and darker.
Pennsylvania is still to call – as are other states – but the writing, it seems, is on the wall.
Voters have just not turned out for Clinton. African American voters stayed at home and – perhaps most remarkably – women stayed at home.
For reasons that will no doubt be intensely, but perhaps fruitlessly examined, Clinton did not resonate with voters in places like Florida.
Perhaps this is part of a global trend, perhaps it is just a dearth of talent, or a weariness with politics generally.
Of course, she has the west coast and her north-east heartlands.
California has remained loyal.
But the options seem to be running out for Clinton.
Even if she wins, her camp will feel it has been far, far too close.
At this point though, Clinton would surely take the tightest of victories over what is looking increasingly likely to be a bitter and disappointing defeat.
