Five Lessons from the US Elections

[unhappycamper]

http://watchingamerica.com/News/183222/five-lessons-from-the-us-elections/



Ultimately, Obama is not Bush and not Romney. He’s one of the better American presidents in the history of the White House, and it’s comfortable for all that he will stay another four years.


Five Lessons from the US Elections
Addustour, Jordan
By Batir Wardam
Translated By Melissa Gallo
8 November 2012
Edited by Tom Proctor

Logic prevailed in the end, and U.S. President Barack Obama successfully managed to clinch a second term after a fierce competition with Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who received a higher number of individual votes.* Meanwhile, Obama’s win came as a result of his victory in the major states with a greater number of delegates. This paradox is what distinguishes U.S. elections, and it causes some to wonder if the results are representative of actual public opinion.

Those outside America felt a great deal of satisfaction at the win for Obama, who was able to largely clean up America’s reputation after the legacy of George W. Bush and the Republican Party. A survey that took place in over 60 countries illustrated that all voters favored Obama with the exception of Israel, which would have preferred Romney’s election. Obama’s win was also a relief for all the political forces and currents in the U.S. that believe in cultural and religious pluralism. It dealt a painful blow to the political right, which has grown tremendously recently, especially with the founding of the tea party, which poses more right-wing and radical thought than the neoconservatives.

There are five key lessons to be taken from the recent U.S. elections, and perhaps some have effects or implications for democracy in Arab nations:

~snip~

Ultimately, Obama is not Bush and not Romney. He’s one of the better American presidents in the history of the White House, and it’s comfortable for all that he will stay another four years.

[mindem]

1. Kenya

It's interesting that Kenya had the highest support for Rmoney. Hmmm, that must make Rmoney a Kenyan. Hmmm, we need to see his birth certificate.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. Romney did not win the popular vote...

The entire first paragraph of this story is incorrect. I wonder if the writer now knows that.

[byeya]

3. Israel has gotten more "free stuff" from the USA than any other country and yet both

it's citizens and leaders are against our President.
I think it's time to sort out our allies from those who take our aid and work against us. That may or may not be Israel but it's time for a close inspection of the relationship.

[byeya]

4. I looked more closely at the chart and saw Pakistan preferring Romney and not seeing

Israel at all.
Are you sure your conclusions are correctly drawn from the polls?

[unhappycamper]

5. That graphic is from a BBC poll.

I decided not to alter it.