Trump and the Republicans have swept the US election. What does this mean for the country, and the Democratic party?

So, it will be Trump, after all. The very idea of another Trump presidency is devastating. His entire campaign consisted of unbridled race-baiting, woman-hating and fascist-in-waiting messaging, yet still he prevails. This is what succeeds in this country?

Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist

Ben Davis works in political data in Washington DC

Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992