Rex Americana (How India views the US Elections)

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http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20041025&fname=Cover+Story+%28F%29&sid=1



This is the mother of all polls. One in which the world has a stake. And, India is hedging its bets; as are the politically maturing Indian Americans.

SEEMA SIROHI

Come November, not just the Americans but the world has a date with history. True, the others can't vote in the presidential election but they have made their preference patently clear by filling the streets from Rome to London, from New Delhi to Islamabad against the current occupant of the White House...

...While even the Chinese preferred Kerry 52 per cent to 12 per cent, Indians were divided with 34 per cent for Kerry and 33 per cent for Bush. Traditional empathy for the Democratic Party appears to be waning in India at least among the hard-nosed pragmatists. The heart may still fancy the Democrats, but the mind turns right to the Republicans...