Do you feel the election result has the potential to cause unrest or has the US learnt its lesson?

Gary, Kilmarnock

US correspondent Mark Stone says...

You hear the phrase 'civil war' far too much these days here in America.

Uncomfortable as this is, we are not there. That's the good news.

But we are now in a realm where something once considered impossible in modern America is now being contemplated. The tensions and anxieties in America right now are profound.

The nation is divided. There is an urban-rural split too. Nothing much new there. But it runs deeper now.

The nation is siloed as well. Different sides do not trust each other; they do not listen to each other's perspectives.

It's easy perhaps to miss this deep societal fracture precisely because of the siloed nature of the country. It's only as an outsider, living here, looking in and having the conversations across the spectrum that I notice this profound mess.

The mainstream media in America, which has become deeply partisan, is not trusted. "I get my news online" is a phrase I hear all the time. That's not healthy.

The institutions which act as balancing guardrails are creaking, some would say they are compromised.

One of the two candidates in this election consistently undermines the electoral process and the judicial process, sowing doubt among his followers. All this was dangerous even before Donald Trump propelled himself back to within an inch of the White House again.

During Mr Trump's last presidency,...

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