How Donald Trump tapped into the bleak national mood right up to election day

How Donald Trump tapped into the bleak national mood right up to election day | 7.30

America the brave has become America the worried.
Donald Trump tapped into the bleak national mood right up until election day, while the Democratic vote is propelled by concern, too: largely, of what might happen in a second Trump presidency.
Adam Harvey has been reporting from across US swing states and filed this analysis.
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