American politics are being watched worldwide
6:24 p.m. Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The U.S. isn't the only country paying attention to this presidential election. I'm was in Paris and I was taking a train and I saw this sign with George Bush, with a movie coming out.
Many people here said that they would vote for Obama because they didn't like the Bush Administration, but we did find one guy that said he would vote for McCain.
"I would personally vote for McCain," William Duiyzer said, who lives in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Duiyzer says his views are different from most Europeans about Obama.
"It's not that they vote for him because of the things he's for or the things he's saying. It's more they are voting against the Bush administration," Duiyzer said.
Duiyzer says he's been following the election, and often turns to the internet to learn about the candidates.
We watched the first presidential debate, and asked what he thought afterwards. He says it's hard to understand.
"Passing this bill, passing that bill. Talking about a lot of money, funding this, funding that, and I was like, okay, what does that have to do with the things you want to change?" Duiyzer said.
But more Europeans don't go for the conservative candidates.
"But I'm really for Obama," Jonathan Hemaff said.
He lives in Paris.
Hemaff says the election process has been really interesting, and the reason so many people in Europe watch and like Obama is, "Because I think he could he could bring changement, bring changement in America," Hemaff said.
Duiyzer says Obama connects more with the Europeans.
"The Democrats are more liberal so they have more of a connection between those two," Duiyzer said.
No matter what happens in this election, it is sure to bring an audience worldwide. One person told us that European coverage of the debates is slanted toward Obama, so he turns to the internet to find what he says are both sides of the story.
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