How election day unfolded in the US

FT News Briefing

Nov 6 2024 • 11 mins

A divided US electorate made their choice at the polls yesterday, after candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump spent a combined $3.5bn in their race for the White House. Plus, Germany’s government is in talks on next year’s budget amid fears the coalition could collapse.


Mentioned in this podcast:

US election 2024 live results: US voters make their choice in historically tight election

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris spend $3.5bn in most expensive presidential election

German vice-chancellor extends olive branch to avert coalition collapse


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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