What South America Thinks of the U.S. Presidential Election
Talking with people from around the continent, the answers were both surprising and enlightening.
You can never fully escape U.S. politics.
You can run away to the Netherlands. You can hop on a plane to Thailand and never look back. You can crash land on a forgotten island and, while attempting to build a bamboo shelter, someone will emerge from the jungle, and ask about the presidential election.
It’s just one of those things. If you’re from the United States people want to talk about it. Sometimes they want to tell you their opinions, other times they’ve held in a rant for years and you’re about to serve as the dart board.
Throughout most of the year, I do what I can to avoid talking about U.S. politics. But during election season, it comes up. People will ask my thoughts, but if I’m being honest, I’m more interested in what they have to say. What’s their opinion? If they could vote, who would they vote for? Or, at the very least, who would they rather see win?
I do my best to avoid U.S. news broadcasts. It’s reached a point where almost every station has a spin or agenda. Foreign news stations seem to produce more even content. They share the facts then move on to the next…
