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The truth is international students here have been very interested in this election, as has the entire world. Obamamania is responsible for a part of it: Dial a random international number and you can probably hear the story of Barack Obama’s childhood. But the real reason this...
So, even as a foreigner, I could not help but get caught up in the excitement surrounding this election cycle. I have spent the past year and a half looking at results from the primaries, gazing at red and blue maps, sitting through every debate and convention speech, and worshipping...
Last month, however, when people around me started mailing in their absentee ballots and flashing I-just-voted smiles, I was reminded that no matter how many times I refresh the Huffington Post homepage ultimately I have no say. This was not my election.
But what if it was? Even The Economist has raised the idea that the whole world should have a say in the U.S. Presidential election, presumably because the American President’s decisions have such a huge impact across the globe.3 It is a far-fetched proposal but an...
As for me, I am looking forward to my country’s general election next May. In all probability I will help re-elect the Member of Parliament from my constituency, a gentleman who happens to be—listen up American Right!—both Muslim and...