This morning I returned from America, having spent the last 2 weeks in New York City and Washington DC. Yes, the experience was as chaotic, exciting and immensely enlightening as one would imagine.
Whilst out there, I wrote some articles for The London Economic as part of my efforts to understand sentiment in the lead-up and aftermath of the election. And that exposure corrected my predetermined opinions on the political atmosphere as much as I thought it might. Particularly, the longer I was out there, the less sure of a Clinton victory I became. The British media's portrayal of Trump was so demonising that, to us, it seemed inconceivable that he would muster any votes out of the Republican Deep South. As he went on to pick up 52% of the female white vote, it became clear just how wrong we were. There is still an aura of shock (and denial) pervading the daily reactions back on this side of the pond.
Even in New York, which voted overwhelmingly in the Democrats' favour, the people were far from enthralled with their blue candidate; when pledging support for her, many expressed sympathies to me for Trump's cause. Still though, the shock of his big, convincing election has not yet settled.
Beneath are the links to my articles for The London Economic, Also, do check out my last blog entry, which was a more humorous piece I wrote to quell the nerves on the day before the result was announced.
Protests outside Trump Tower, NYC
Clinton's failures seeped deep to the core
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