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Can there be reconciliation after the US election?

Donald Trump's victory has divided a nation, as well as families who are all too aware of politics disrupting domestic life.

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The US election of 2016 has been one of the most divisive in living memory.

Over the last week we've travelled around the crucial swing state of Ohio which Donald Trump won putting him on the road to the White House.

We've found blue collar workers who finally feel listened to and Democrats who fear for the sanity of their country.

We also met Republican voters who admitted Mr Trump's rhetoric could empower people to be more openly racist.

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Against that backdrop the country is searching for a way to heal the wounds. 

Mr Trump has called blue collar workers the "forgotten" men and women of America.

But there are plenty of other catchphrases he has used throughout this campaign which has left the electorate bitterly divided.

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One Democrat told us in the village where he lives people were too afraid to openly admit which way they voted.

Sister Andrea Collopy is 90 years old and a teacher of American history. Pic from Holland VT
Image: Sister Andrea Collopy has been been blogging about post-election reconciliation

For one day every week Helen and Mike Pope from Cincinnati agree to disagree about politics - banning all talk of it for the sake of a quiet life.

They admit they are polar opposites when it comes to politics - with Helen supporting Hillary Clinton and Mike for Mr Trump.

They respect each others views, but Helen told us: "There's certainly people who discuss things and other families who do not and others I've heard of who've put horrible things on Facebook to people who they've been friends with but after the election they've taken them off the friend list."

Mike said: "I'm not going to rely on Donald Trump to unite us it's not up to him. It's up to us, and family and friends to have a great country and we do have a great country, and we'll make it even greater hopefully."

The nuns of St Walburg monastery in Kentucky have been blogging about post-election reconciliation.

Sister Andrea Collopy is 90 years old and a teacher of American history.

She said: "I've never found any election to be so divisive. I think it's going to be a difficult situation and we have to listen and avoid extreme criticism. There's going to have to be some giving."

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