TRUMP OR CLINTON

World watches as US elects new President today

To many watchers within and outside the country, fondly described by its citizens as 'God's-own-country', the people will not only be performing their civic responsibility; they will be putting the country's over 200-year-old democracy to test once again.

This time, the race for the White House is clearly between former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who is the standard bearer of the Democrats and the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

The race for the White House has also been dogged by controversy and scandals, early warning signals to voters that they will need to do additional reality checks on the candidates before leaving their homes to vote on Election Day.

Although the events of the past months indicate that none of the candidates has a clear edge over the other, in terms of popularity, the voters will decide in the end who to run the affairs of the nation for the next four years.

However, there is an indication that a significant proportion of the American population will not be allowed to participate in the election. Investigation shows that state laws has stripped about six million Americans convicted of various offences of their voting rights.

According to an analyst, 21st Century citizens of the United States can lose the franchise for committing any one of a much longer list of offences, which vary in severity and include kidnapping, murder, resisting arrest and vandalism, among others.  If this is true, it means that a large number of potential voters have been disenfranchised and they will certainly be unable to join their compatriots in choosing their country’s next leader.

Now to our readers, lets get to know your choice.....TRUMP or CLINTON? Leave your opinion in the comment box....

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