Supporters of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, reacting to elections results
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There is calm in the U.S. after a palpable atmosphere on Tuesday over whether president-elect Donald Trump or rival Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would accept the outcome of the presidential election.
Many Americans had expressed concerns over how the outcome of the polls would be received by supporters of both Trump and Clinton.
It is a norm in the U.S. for the loser of a presidential election to make a ceremonial call through to the winner, as a sign of accepting defeat and to douse any tension that might be associated with the poll.
The heated election campaigns by Clinton and Trump, which saw the two leading candidates attacking each other, had been seen by most Americans as unusual and taken the…
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