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How Election Night unfolded: A tale of 538 sugar cubes

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President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at his election night rally in Manhattan [Reuters]

This little time-lapse shows how the historic events of US Election Day 2016 unfolded.

Our producers Kate Gray and Sorin Furcoi set up the map, sugar cubes and camera rig.

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Each sugar cube represents one electoral college vote: blue food dye for a Democrat win, red food dye for a Republican win.


Edited by Yarno Ritzen and Andrew Philllips

Source: Al Jazeera