It’s been an election of two halves.
The first was very much Hilary Clinton’s.
Sure, Donald Trump shocked everyone by winning the nomination.
At the time of the party conventions, he was even neck-and-neck with his more conventional opponent.
But the excitement quickly started to wane as bluster turned to blunder and, eventually, scandal.
Criticising the parents of a dead American war hero was the start, but the crisis only arrived with the emergence of a decade-old tape featuring the Republican nominee making – at the very least – disparaging remarks about women.
The comments threatened his already tenuous position with large swathes of the electorate and sent establishment Republicans – already sceptical about his candidacy – running for the hills.
Two weeks out from the election, Clinton even felt comfortable enough to start focusing on the House and Senate elections, confident in her own victory as she streamed ahead in the polls.
How long ago that must seem.
For the second half – in fact, only the final couple of days – has been all Trump’s.
Of course, there are lots of questions to be asked about why the FBI decided to announce they were reopening an investigation into Clinton’s controversial use of a private email server.
But that has not really resonated.
The spectre of a President facing possible criminal charges – and a Clinton no less – before they have even entered office, was too much for some voters to stomach.
The 11th hour investigation has – in an equally remarkable twist – now been put to bed at the 12th hour.
With all this on-going, it is unsurprising – as my US-bound colleague Linsay Razaq pointed out – that Americans dislike both candidates.
But the momentum – so important in elections – is back with Trump.
In a few hours, we will know the victor at the final whistle.
One thing, however, is clear – it has been a remarkable contest.
