Minnesota Independent » The Democratic Republic of Congo http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 You want definitive? The Global Electoral College has spoken http://minnesotaindependent.com/15954/you-want-definitive-the-global-electoral-college-has-spoken http://minnesotaindependent.com/15954/you-want-definitive-the-global-electoral-college-has-spoken#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:19:32 +0000 Jeff Severns Guntzel http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=15954 The Economist has given all 195 of the world’s countries a say in the outcome of tomorrow’s presidential election with its Global Electoral College. Here’s how it works, as explained by The Economist: “As in America, each…]]> The Economist has given all 195 of the world’s countries a say in the outcome of tomorrow’s presidential election with its Global Electoral College. Here’s how it works, as explained by The Economist: “As in America, each country has been allocated a minimum of three electoral-college votes with extra votes allocated in proportion to population size. With over 6.5 billion people enfranchised, the result is a much larger electoral college of 9,875 votes.”

The results are definitive: Obama in a global landslide. But McCain wasn’t left completely in the cold. While no single country fell into the “Strong McCain” category, he’s got a few friends in the “Leaning McCain” category. Namely: Algeria, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, and Iraq.

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