Republicans ended election night confident that they would win the presidency, flip the Senate, and perhaps narrowly hold the House of Representatives. In Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s most famous supporters were talking about winning the popular vote, a mandate that MAGA couldn’t grab in two prior presidential campaigns.

In 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term. Federal finance reports showed campaign expenditures broke the $2 billion mark, making the election the most expensive in U.S. history at the time.

Barack Obama also posted a video in which he urged people to involve their family, neighbours, make a plan and go to vote.

Barack Obama urged voters to participate in the election amid heightened tensions and the likelihood of a razor-thin victory margin separating Kamala Harris and Donald Trump