If The Entire World Could Vote In Our Elections....

[rucky]

Who would be the next President?

Bonus Write-In Question: What would our candidates be saying differently?

[auntpattywatty]

1. This is a very interesting question - have to think about it some more.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. Definitely Clark.

This is a no-brainer.

[tobius]

3. Madonna? n/t

[rucky]

5. David Hasslehoff

[demsrule4life]

13. I 2nd that

[redqueen]

4. Definitely Kucinich

Our political spectrum is waaaaaay different from the rest of the world's.

[mohc]

6. While Europe is to our left

The rest of the world is far to our right. Assuming we are just asking who would get the most popular votes, the winner would be whoever the Chinese governemnt forced their citizens to vote for.

[redqueen]

11. heehee

good one. :)

[youngred]

19. they wouldn't have a majority

gotta consider India too

[mohc]

20. Noone would

Thats why I was assuming a plurality in my post ("whoever got the most popular votes"). Between China, India, Islamic nations, and the rest of SE Asia, you get a majority of world's population. And I doubt very much that those various regions would agree on a single candidate, but they would all be picking candidates even more conservative than Bush. Europe makes up about 11% of the world population, and while certainly to our left, simply would not have much of an effect overall.

[Tweed]

7. Clark is the only one known throughout the entire world

[T_i_B]

24. That's changing

Dean is slightly well known thanks to his insurgency and Kerry is getting more recognition thanks to his success in the primary.

Kerry is the one people over here tend to remember actually, but there are one or two people I speak to who are apprehensive about the guy. I tend to have to defend the guy to Brits and oddly, the thing that I personally dislike the most about him, namely his national service policy is the thing that tends to change people's minds about him.

I have not endorsed a candidate in the primaries personally, although I was originally sticking up for Bob Graham. At least you lot have more than one decent candidate to choose from.

[beyurslf]

8. Does this assume that the rest of the world had free votes like

we do?

[rucky]

10. for the sake of the exercise, yes.

[rucky]

9. For the Bonus Write-In:

What would our candidates be saying differently?

They'd be talking more openly about cutting the defense budget.
They'd be more critical of the WTO.

In other words, they'd be more like DK.

[progressivebydesign]

12. Bill Clinton.

As long as we're suspending reality.. he'd be the first choice. My European friends adore him.. Gore would be their next choice.

[Padraig18]

15. I agree.

Everyone I know in Ireland ADORES Bill Clinton. :)

[GOPBasher]

14. I think Kucinich

The world would definitely want us to have our most left wing candidate in the White House.

[Democrats unite]

16. Bush

The Supreme Court would make sure of that!

[arewethereyet]

17. Hamm

silly question

[MAlibdem]

18. Um...

Hu Jintao? 1.3 billion Chinese might "vote" for him.

American born qualification tho...probably someone woefully inadequate just to mess us up. Someone promising to sell NY, CA, and whereever to the lowest bidder?

[Djinn]

21. I'd like to say Kucinich

but as the UK gave it up for Tory Blair and my fellow countrymen/women have made littlejohn our second longest serving PM probably not - on some issues the rest of the western world is a bit to the left of the general US but economically basically ALL western governments are right wing.

[arcos]

22. Dean... he won the foreign DUers poll n/t

[T_i_B]

26. And Kucnich is winning this one

Although I suspect Kucnich would have as much chance with the rest of the world as he does with the US.

[Wonco_the_Sane]

23. Micheal Jackson

[Columbia]

25. Jean Claude Van Damm

Iraqis love the guy for some reason.