Australian voters would deliver Obama landslide victory

[malaise]

http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-voters-would-deliver-obama-landslide-victory-20120827-24wpp.html
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IF AUSTRALIANS could vote in the United States presidential election, they would choose Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a margin of 14 to one, a poll shows.

Indeed, Australians prefer the US President by so overwhelming a margin that it would be a bigger landslide than any in the history of the US.

An online poll of 1000 Australians by UMR Research found 72 per cent would vote for the Democrats' Mr Obama, and just 5 per cent for the Republicans' Mr Romney. The biggest share of the popular vote won by any president since the creation of the current voting system was Lyndon Johnson's 61.1 per cent in 1964.

Australian ardour for Mr Obama remains at the same level four years on. A Lowy Institute poll in 2008 found Australians preferred Mr Obama over John McCain by 73 per cent to 16.

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These people are rational

[Bluenorthwest]

1. And yet Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a loud opponent of equal rights for gay people

And the previous PM, John Howard, was Bush's fellow in the War on Terra....so one wonders, if they are so danged enlightened, why don't they elect decent people instead of bigots and hate mongers? Hard to say....they have Gillard, the most bigoted Western leader currently in office, her words are nasty and she makes her nation look priggish.

[sadbear]

5. And they flat out reject Romney.

What does that tell you about Romney?

[Doctor_J]

2. Probably true in ALL civilized nations

sadly, he's running for prez in a Banana Republic

[MrScorpio]

3. That's because Aussies are, in fact, sane. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Their anti gay PM will be keynote speaker at the Australian Christian Lobby convention...

Here's a link to what you call 'sane'. I call them an extremist anti gay group. She's their keynote Queen.
http://www.acl.org.au/

More information on the Australian PM
http://www.australianmarriageequality.com/wp/tag/julia-gillard/

[MrScorpio]

6. Of course, their PM's a bigot

But isn't that like judging all Americans based on whomever is president?

[Bluenorthwest]

7. This OP claims they reject the right. You said 'it's because they are sane'

The entire premise of the article is that Australia would theoretically reject Mitt, but the fact is they elect Mitt like candidates regularly. So perhaps we might look at an actual election in which actual Australians actually elect someone who is not an actual bigot prior to declaring they are practicing sane choices. The actual elected officials there suggest that when they actually vote, they elect their own Mitt types easily. We rejected the last Republican, and we will do so again.

I'm not judging them, I love Australia, I am just saying, facts are facts and they have a raving bigot in their top slot while we have Barack Obama. We elected him, not McPalin. They elected a bigot. Just the facts about both places as they currently exist. Once Mitt goes home to his car elevator in Nov, we will have Obama, they will still have a bigot. So how they claim they'd vote under fantasy circumstances and how the electorate there actually speaks are not the same thing. It is we Americans who will defeat Mitt in actual reality, he will not be President. And yet their PM will remain in place, speaking to hate groups and chanting incantations against gay people seeking equality....I'm not going to call electing that person 'sane'. Sorry. Look at the link, if you would please. I'm sure you did not look prior to posting....