The 2016 US Presidential poll was a "farce" as it was fought with lies exposing hypocritical nature of the democracy in America where racial discrimination is "worsening", a Chinese report on America's human rights record said on Thursday.
In a tit-for-tat report on the US which every year releases human rights record of China and other countries, a Chinese official report said money politics and power-for-money deals had controlled the presidential election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Voter turnout and support rate reached new low, the report, 'The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2016' released here said.
Only about 55 per cent of voting age citizens cast ballots in the 2016 election, lowest in 20 years, the report said, adding that a growing number of Americans were disappointed or even angry about the election.
It was the most expensive election ever and Americans running for federal offices spent about USD 6.8 billion, more than what consumers spend on cereal, it said.