Mexican wall and emailgate: The ten most memorable moments from US election battle

Tightly fought campaign

Laura Dew
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Top 10 moments from the US Presidential Election campaign
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Brexit

In June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union in a historic referendum. Speaking at his golf course in Scotland, Trump described the decision as a "great thing" and said Britain had "taken back its country". He has since said he hopes to use the same anti-establishment anger to win the White House and described this week's result as being "Brexit x10".

As Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton in the race to the White House, we look back at the key events during the closely-fought election campaign.

The battle to become the next US president went right to the wire, with polls extremely close as voting day approached. 

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