Wednesday, October 29, 2008

If the world could vote...


Barack Obama would undoubtedly be President.

And if anyone had any reservations about that, a new website provides some proof.

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com is a website created by three men from Iceland who were curious about seeing what the outcome of the US presidential election would be if every country in the world were given a say.

Anyone, including US citizens can go on and vote for president, and the website detects your current geographic whereabouts.

The site features a pseudo-electoral map of the world, and all countries are shaded from red to blue in accordance with their preferences.

With over 600,000 votes counted from around the world thus far, Obama is currently holding an overwhelming 86.8% of the vote. Comically, McCain's only strongholds are Albania and the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia.

But don't worry, he also holds 50% of the vote in the coveted swing state of Lesotho.

If only the World could vote in our election, pretty sad when you can trust Bahrain to make a better decision on US politics than half of us can.

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