A woman examines a traditional Russian wooden nesting doll, a Matryoshka doll, depicting US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a gift shop in central Moscow on November 8, 2016
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The odds on Donald Trump winning the US election are the exact same as those for the successful Brexit vote, according to bookmakers.
Ladbrokes has revealed its final odds on the morning of the election day. And it has offering 3/1 on a Trump win – exactly the same price that was being offered for Leave on the morning of June 23, when Britain voted to leave the European Union.
As any vote for Mr Trump would, the British vote to leave the EU stunned the establishment and came as a shock to those who had been following official polling, which consistently showed a slight lead for Remain. Polling has also shown a win for Hillary Clinton is likely.
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Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the conclusion of their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
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President Barack Obama embraces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on stage at the party's convention in Philadelphia
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Donald Trump's wife Melania delivered a speech at the GOP convention in Cleveland that was later found to have been cribbed in part from Michelle Obama's 2008 convention address
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Hillary Clinton talks to reporters aboard her new campaign plane on Labour Day, 5 September, her first 'press conference' since 2015
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Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Mexican leader Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City in August, hours before reiterating his harsh immigration plans at a campaign rally in Arizona
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Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton, saying his progressive vision for ‘a transformed America’ would be ’best served by the defeat of Donald Trump’
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Khizr and Gazala Khan appeared at the DNC to slam Trump for his stance on Muslim immigration, citing the case of their son Humayun Khan, who was killed in combat while serving as a Captain in the US Army in Iraq
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Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is doing better in polls than any third party candidate since Ross Perot, 20 years ago
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein (centre) marches with supporters in Colorado
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Hillary Clinton and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine at a rally in Kaine's home state in July, days before Ms Clinton tapped him to be her running mate
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Trump on the campaign trail with his vice presidential pick, Indiana governor Mike Pence
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Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage appears at a Trump rally in Mississippi in August, where he told the crowd that he 'wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me'.
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Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the conclusion of their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
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President Barack Obama embraces Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on stage at the party's convention in Philadelphia
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Donald Trump's wife Melania delivered a speech at the GOP convention in Cleveland that was later found to have been cribbed in part from Michelle Obama's 2008 convention address
AP
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Hillary Clinton talks to reporters aboard her new campaign plane on Labour Day, 5 September, her first 'press conference' since 2015
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Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Mexican leader Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City in August, hours before reiterating his harsh immigration plans at a campaign rally in Arizona
Reuters
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Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Hillary Clinton, saying his progressive vision for ‘a transformed America’ would be ’best served by the defeat of Donald Trump’
Reuters
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Khizr and Gazala Khan appeared at the DNC to slam Trump for his stance on Muslim immigration, citing the case of their son Humayun Khan, who was killed in combat while serving as a Captain in the US Army in Iraq
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Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is doing better in polls than any third party candidate since Ross Perot, 20 years ago
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein (centre) marches with supporters in Colorado
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Hillary Clinton and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine at a rally in Kaine's home state in July, days before Ms Clinton tapped him to be her running mate
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Trump on the campaign trail with his vice presidential pick, Indiana governor Mike Pence
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Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage appears at a Trump rally in Mississippi in August, where he told the crowd that he 'wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me'.
Mr Trump and his advisors have repeatedly said that his election will be similar to the vote to leave in the British referendum, in that its support was being underestimated and was likely to come as a shock to the establishment. As with Brexit, momentum is likely to pick up as the votes close, Mr Trump has claimed.
During his final speeches, Mr Trump has made repeated reference to Brexit. "We are going to have one of the great victories of all time," he said, comparing it to the vote by the UK to leave the European Union "times 50".
Mr Trump has also been support by Nigel Farage, who has appeared onstage with Mr Trump at rallies.
Ladbrokes’ odds aren’t in line with the probabilities suggested by most estimates, which have the likelihood of a win by Ms Clinton around 80-90 per cent.
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