The Economist has a fancy little application on their website. It is a map of the world and asks the question who would the world vote for in the American election? The world, by country, is divided up similar to the Electoral College in America. Each country receives a minimum of 3 votes with their true number weighted by population.
Electoral College
It is quite clear who the world wants to be president. It also looks like America may agree. This will help American foreign policy gain legitimacy by implicitly saying they are on some sort of level ground, morally, with their world community.
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thanks for posting that...very interesting
thats interesting, but ultimately stupid. considering bush has run ramptant on the world for the last 7 years, i dont think it has much to do w/ obama vs. mccain at all. it is the fact that they want to just be left alone..
i did appreciate the fact that there were "more votes needed" in iraq. its funny on so many levels.
It really shows where people have access to the internet, doesn't it?
No more electoral college. I mean its a pain to see California have 50+ votes and a small state have 4 votes. I know the balane is based on more then size, but realistically if you want to make this place a democracy, then just use popular vote. Then more people would think their vote counts and it would be fun to watch the election more!
Actually popular vote would skew the results even more in favour of the large states since there is a minimum amount of say from the smaller states. Places with three electoral votes actually have a bigger say than they would with a popular vote. Furthermore if states can get out their vote in greater numbers they would increase their say even more so than the rest of the country.
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