Split-screen America: disbelief and delight after Donald Trump's triumph

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Republican control of the Senate and the possibility the party will retain a majority in the House of Representatives could leave Trump with huge legislative power.
45% : But without the fear of gun restrictions, the industry faced a "Trump Slump" when the Republican took office in 2017, with many dealers going out of business.
41% : The 71-year-old retiree backed Trump for a second term because he would put "more money in my pocket -- and hopefully the groceries will go down again".
40% : Connor Gentry, a student at Arizona State University who had volunteered for Harris, said he was now "worried for our country" -- and said his party needed to reinvent itself to win back voters who had defected to Trump.
40% : "Trump swayed many of those voters, while picking off segments of traditional Democrats such as Latinos and Black men.
33% : "Kladney, a 75-year-old former professional dancer and teacher in Reno, Nevada, said she was "despondent" that the electorate would pick Trump despite knowing so much about his behaviour.
25% : But his main hope, he said, was for Trump to overhaul politics in the capital -- by getting rid of "all those swamp creatures floating around DC", he said.
19% : Harris struggled to shake perceptions that the Joe Biden administration had mishandled the economy, with polls suggesting a majority of voters trusted Trump more to improve their finances.

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