I recently found this website as a link on my friend's facebook page. Its really awesome.
http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com
Despite how tight the presidential race might be in the US, the world thinks we should vote for Barack Obama. And if the world could vote, Obama would be our next president by a landslide. The only country that thinks otherwise is Macedonia (the former Yugoslavia). Mind you the site doesn't tell how many people from each country voted, but it does give precentages and Obama is leading world wide with 86.9% of the vote.
It's too bad that more people can't vote in the US election. In the Uk, if you are living in the UK at the time of an election, you are a UK national, a European Union national or a Common wealth national (Canada, Kenya, Melasia, India, etc..) you are allowed to vote. Which at first I thought was crazy, but now I think it makes a lot of sense.
So what the US should do is let anyone living in its borders for at least 1 month at the time of election can vote. I think that's fair. And maybe your address cannot be at a hotel. That's a good stipulation. Any thoughts anyone?
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