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This past June, when Clinton threw in the towel and Obama unofficially clinched the nomination I happened to be in a small town outside of Frankfurt, Germany. Everyday leading up to the Democratic Committee’s decision, German newspapers utilized the front page for 4×5s of Obama. The German love for Obama did not stop there

On July 4th, Berlin welcomed the new American Embassy in true German spirit with a festival, Amerika Fest. Nothing at the festival was actually American besides food vendors with disconcerting confederate flags and beef jerky. Around downtown Obama supporters blew up balloons and handed them out to small children and asked Americans if they were registered to vote.

Fast forward two months, Berliners, all 200,000 of them, welcomed Obama. The largest Obama rally to date was overseas. Obama just held his second largest rally in St Louis, but it was only half the size.

So, I guess it makes sense according to the Economist, which is hosting the world’s electoral college, that Obama would be winning the world’s vote…in a landslide. I know it’s not scientifically supported data, but it’s still fun to look at.

8,906 to 31. Obama.

But, hey, McCain is posting a substantial lead in Georgia, the country. Five percentage points ahead. And, Cuba. Five percentage points there too. Cuba knows a lot about really old leaders. In fact, of the five communist states Obama has a firm lead in only 2–Vietnam and China (the other 2 of 5 don’t have enough data). Obama hasn’t even ever been to Vietnam. So in conclusion, McCain has one communist country and one communist fearing country. Oh, and Macedonia. Obama, according to the economist, has the rest of the world’s vote.