Three Minds On Digital Marketing @ Organic

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It seems the Obama phenom has caught fire pretty much around the world. The below are three links that show how the rest of the world would vote if they had a say on Tuesday:

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results
http://www.economist.com/Vote2008/
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/gallup/

The first was created by a 22 year-old in Iceland and is the most fun to use. It actually allows you to vote and then to see results by each country. The versions on the economist and from Gallup are more formal and aren't nearly as user friendly.

What intrigued me as a Canadian is the overwhelming support for Obama. In all three versions, he leads in every country in which people actually participated save 2 Macedonia and Albania. He is in a deadlock in Lesotho at 50/50. Mind you, only two people voted there and it is likely a couple having an argument!

In the Great White North, Obama is by far the favourite (note the 'u') and this morning I heard on CBC radio that several Canucks are heading to Detroit, Buffalo and Chicago to help out in any way they can! One person didn't even vote in the recent Canadian Federal election!

Is it his eloquence of speech, passion, or conviction? Does the rest of the world even know anything about Senator Obama? Or is the rest of the world fed up with Bush? Hard to say, but perhaps a combination, and some baggage from Bush Senior.

It too bad they didn't spend more on the applications to make them slicker to play around with or include Palin and Biden as well. Regardless, I will be watching with baited breath to see if America votes with the rest of the world!

Vito Greto