A win for Obama? -6 days ’til election
Less than a week left and all signs in the polls point to a coming victory for the Democrats.
The blogosphere in particular is abuzz with love letters to Obama. At Voices Without Votes, Amira al-Hussaini’s “Sing Along to the White House” (http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/10/29/sing-along-to-the-white-house/) compiles festive video clips from Ghana, Japan, and Germany in praise of the potential first black president.
Several bloggers foresee Obama pride among the Caribbean diaspora. At baiganchoka (http://baiganchoka.com/blog/2008/10/27/if-it-does-happen-will-it-be-remarkable-for-the-caribbean-as-well/), a Guyanese-American writer tells us that on Election Day, ”I’ll take my sons with me to the voting station so they can tell their children and grandchildren (if they are so blessed) that they witnessed one vote that may have counted towards the moment.” bC at the Jamaican blog “Stories of Me” (http://adricey.blogspot.com/2008/10/race-card.html) writes that “I dare you to find a McCain supporter” in Jamaica.
In fact, we have had a rather difficult time finding McCain supporters online anywhere outside of the US. The best we could find this week was a round-up of Portuguese bloggers (http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/10/29/political-clashing-in-portuguese-blogs/) at Voices Without Votes, two of whom express skepticism of Obama’s democratic impulses (though stopping short of declaring outright support for the Republican ticket).
At Dear American Voter, several of our recent contributors have also hinted at a groundswell of Obama support in their home countries. One reporter from Kazakhstan for instance claims that “most Kazakh people sympathize with Democrats, with Obama.”
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Also at Link TV, the latest episode of Latin Pulse examines “US elections and the Voto Latino (http://www.linktv.org/latinpulse),” depicting a complex picture of voting allegiances among US Latinos, though with signs that a significant majority of Latinos will side with Obama in the coming week.
What are your final thoughts (http://www.linktv.org/dearamericanvoter/submit) on the election? Please do make your voice heard in these final days.
