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Nick O'Malley

Nick O'Malley is a senior writer and a former US correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Donald Trump.

Donald Trump, Brexit and the shy voter theory

Depending on what side of the political spectrum you fall, the theory of the shy Donald Trump voter is either your last best hope or nagging fear that wakes you up with night sweats.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Surge of early voters favour Clinton over Trump

As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shape up for the final two weeks of the election, over five million Americans already have voted, with a surge of Democratic voters coming out on Monday in Florida, a state that could decide the election.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Delaware County Fair on ...

Faith, blind faith and Donald Trump

When Dr Tony Beam sits down before the microphone at 7am to begin his breakfast radio shift in rural South Carolina, he wears a pin in his lapel for the North Greenville University, the Christian college at which he is vice-president for student services, and a semi-automatic pistol on his hip.

Republican supporters were silent when Donald Trump struggled through the ''Fitness to be president'' section.

The debate section that silenced a group of young Republicans

During the last presidential debate of this long, weird election season at a bar with members of the Mecklenburg Young Republican Party in Charlotte, the largest city in the crucial state of North Carolina, one of the party faithful sidled up to mutter in my ear.