The Trump coalition is shattered - what will Republicans do now?

The party must decide whether it will be "centred on one figure, one guy, or on a wider set of ideas like conservatism that can win outside the deepest red places," Rina Shah, a Republican strategist, told the BBC.

Critics on the right - the "Never Trumpers" who opposed his first White House campaign - are pushing for a return to the Republican Party's pre-Trump roots, citing the historic losses around the country on election night.

But simply turning back the clock on Trump will be extremely difficult if not impossible to do.

The party has been wholly transformed during Trump's decade-long reign.