The 2016 US presidential election has been a very unpredictable one with polls swinging wildly. The election seemed to have left the country divided and polarized. All the poll pundits have proven wrong. Even though there was a sense of caution creeping in after the Brexit vote, the American polling process was thought to be much more advanced, scientific and complex but clearly that has not been the case. After much hype about a possible Hillary Clinton victory, even if it was a close election, one is left with a new reality. Republican nominee Donald Trump is President-elect. We can only begin to fathom what this means for the US as well as for the rest of the world after the shock wears off.