The world gets a chance to vote in the American presidential election
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Cast your vote now in the American presidential election with The Economist's Global Electoral College
THE outcome of America's presidential election is of some interest to the rest of the world. Only Americans are eligible to vote in the real thing but The Economist’s new feature, the Global Electoral College, lets the world have a say. They have redrawn the electoral map to include every country on the planet. But since it is America's election, they are playing by its rules. The electoral-college system means that Americans do not vote directly. Instead the ballot decides who wins a state's electoral-college votes, the number of which is based roughly on its population. Under The Economist's system each country is allocated a minimum of three votes with more added in proportion to population, giving a total of 9,875 in all. So cast your vote and then keep an eye on the results to test the theory that, if the world could choose, Barack Obama would stroll into the White House. Voting will close at midnight London time on November 1st.
THE outcome of America's presidential election is of some interest to the rest of the world. Only Americans are eligible to vote in the real thing but The Economist’s new feature, the Global Electoral College, lets the world have a say. They have redrawn the electoral map to include every country on the planet. But since it is America's election, they are playing by its rules. The electoral-college system means that Americans do not vote directly. Instead the ballot decides who wins a state's electoral-college votes, the number of which is based roughly on its population. Under The Economist's system each country is allocated a minimum of three votes with more added in proportion to population, giving a total of 9,875 in all. So cast your vote and then keep an eye on the results to test the theory that, if the world could choose, Barack Obama would stroll into the White House. Voting will close at midnight London time on November 1st.
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DonkeyPong
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This is an interesting concept, I just wonder if it tells you more about internet users or Economist readers, rather than the general population!
You can only choose between McCain and Obama, which some may see as an issue, but early voting certainly looks like Obama is easily winning the head-to-head contest.
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DonkeyPong
