You too can vote

in the American Presidential election!

Well, sort of.

Those 16 votes? Georgia, because McCain has been rather more truculent towards the Russians. Some say there’s not much difference between the candidates, but apparently the Georgians disagree! Macedonia, because Obama has supported a resolution taking Greece’s side in the Great Name Debate. That hasn’t attracted much attention in the US, but it certainly has in Macedonia. (Why? Remember, Obama is from Chicago. Large Greek-American population. Macedonians, not so many.)

Otherwise, it’s… pretty consistent. Wonder why?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 11:38 am and is filed under A Fistful Of Euros, Not Europe. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

1. Yannick Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

   In the US Obama is polling 80%…

2. Hettie Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

   It’s the opinion of the Economist’s readers. Nothing more. (see Yannick’s comment, too)

3. Scot Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

   or maybe because Obama will support sanity instead of insanity … your pick.

4. Doug Merrill Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

   Put me down for 363 electoral votes for the big O. Should I open up a predictions/US elections thread?

   (Note that I’m Doug Merrill not Doug Muir.)

5. James Says:
   October 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

   Andorra is leaning McCain too. Any ideas on that one?

6. World Electoral College (courtesy of The Economist) « The 8th Circle Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

   [...] two states have shifted toward Obama’s position since Douglas Muir at A fistful of Euros first brought this up:  1. Macedonia is now a toss-up, while 2. [...]