US Decision 16

The US Presidential Election is up within a week's time. There might be some anxiety as to what the outcome will be (compared with our expectations). That is a passing phase. The real worry is that certainly for the next four or eight years, we are going to be faced with unrealistic and myopic decision-making from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Obama Age has come to an end.

Many will realise the positive impact of the Obama leadership during this time (NB: I don't support everything done by Obama). This is so because of the kind of leadship the US is going to face regardless of the outcome of the vote.

While Clinton leads the opinion polls, the gap is tightening. But apparently Trump is still way behind in the electoral college which ultimately decides the election. A disadvantage of the electoral college system is that the votes in the so-called swing states appear as more important than the rest of the votes hence you find intense campaigning in those states. In 2000 Bush lost the popular vote but still won the election via the electoral college system.

The question of whether US elections are free and fair is muzzled out in the mainstream media. The elections are depicted as free and fair but a lot of evidence points to the contrary. I'm referring to events before, during and after the election. The irony is that the US wants to be the chief judge of other countries' elections when back home their elections are afflicted with a lot of problems.