US polls do not matter, US never a democracy: Analyst
Polls conducted ahead of the US 2016 presidential election “do not matter,” as “electoral rigging” could always change the result of the vote in favor of the other party, says an analyst.
Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host based in Chicago, made the comments in a phone interview with Press TV on Sunday.
According to a Rasmussen survey released on Friday, two days after a fiery presidential debate, US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump leads his opponent, Hillary Clinton, with 43 percent to 41 percent.
According to Lendman, winning the popular vote and losing the Electoral College vote and consequentially losing presidency in not an unprecedented phenomenon.
“That is possible and it has happened in the US history,” he said. “America’s history of electoral rigging is long-standing.”
He noted that a high number of US elections at the federal, state and local levels have been rigged since 1824.
“Besides that, America is a one-party state; it’s duopoly governments with two right-wings; and in most cases, the difference between Republicans and Democrats is too negligible to matter.
Lendman concluded “the idea that America is a democracy regardless of what Clinton and Trump say… is pure fantasy. America was never created to be a democracy from inception.”
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