Debunking the Myth:

Pollsters Got Trump, Clinton Election Wrong

Rasa - America decided and the world should get along with it. It’s not a wrong decision at all. All the signs were there from day one - 13 months ago to be exact.

News ID: 424919

Date: 09 November 2016 - 23:43

RNA - True, Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as an underdog. But that was the whole idea – so that we would buy his surprise win later. It was all staged. His victory over Hillary Clinton was a show. It shouldn't come as surprise. The Republican Party was right behind him all this time, the lot of them. They were just not ready for their close-up. It was all too embarrassing not to look pro-human rights.

That this has prompted fears from foreign observers that their worst fears about the contentious US election were realized is also another myth. Lest we forget, it was Fortress Europe that long before the United States had said no to migrant workers and refugees, blaming them for all the things that have gone wrong in their countries in recent years. Simply put, their American cousins took note and followed suit, electing a white supremacist, racist and narcissist showman. Mind you, it’s trending now.

As for the pollsters, it is silly to argue that Trump's victory dealt a devastating blow to the credibility of that nation's leading pollsters, calling into question their silly mathematical models, assumptions and survey methods. This was all a game show too. And they played it cool. That's all folks. They didn't get paid billions of dollars to reflect on all those white, angry voters, let alone predict, or better, reveal the results.

They were there to distract attention and entertain so that the Republicans could win - the establishment could win - both the White House and the Senate with a big surprise. Ask yourselves, how is it possible for a “divided” party to win two important elections in just one day – and in many key battleground states? It crushes the conventional wisdom.

The results should send a clear message to the civil society though. Don't underestimate the number of xenophobic, nationalist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-black, and “angry white voters” in Global West; people who will continue to stampede to the ballot box on Election Day in other parts of the West, particularly in Europe, to surprise - never showing up on the radar of surveyors of course. Make no mistake. There is no notable exception among their pollsters and politicians. They are all cut from the same racist, supremacist cloth. They just won't admit it.

These are dark times for humanity indeed. The rise of xenophobia, racism, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and anti-refugee sentiments in Europe looks a lot like Trumpism in the United States. Or is it the other way around? What's the difference anyhow? We are all confused. But we shouldn't be.

Tragic but true:. The unprecedented wave of migrants and refugees from America’s terror wars arriving on European and American shores from the Middle East and North Africa will continue unabated. It will lead to more populist backlash in many other Western states.

The problem is, the rise of far-right parties and xenophobic rhetoric in those countries won't add any political urgency to the humanitarian crisis confronting Europe and other Western nations like Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Americans said it won't.

The pressing issue now won't be a subject of many editorials and commentaries in Western news networks and dailies either. They won't address the real root of the problem, which is America’s wars. Instead, they will come out and act surprised.

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