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The current future of our nation's next political leader -- it's clear that in our nation it will be close but how about the rest of the world?

In a recent Foreign Policy article, a recent poll was done which interviewed over 26,000 people from 32 different countries and 62% of those respondents reported, "the U.S. president has a high or very high impact on their lives." What to me was the most surprising, was that an astounding "42% felt they should have the right to vote in this year's contest for that very reason!"

Not to be outdone, out of the 32 countries--would  choose President Obama again over Mitt Romney- only 1 (being Israel) would not . Don't be fooled- the article clearly outlined that everyone isn't diehard Obama fans (only France in this case) rather they seem to all fall in the middle. Other countries are even less enthusiastic, like Germany, but still do choose Obama.

Living in such a globalized world, I do think it is important to have an understanding of other countries policies' and to know that there are so many people in the world that look to us is remarkable. Sadly, I feel that many Americans are so concerned about only domestic issues -- that many have little understanding or knowledge of the outside world. 

Food for thought, will this make or break our national election- no, but surely I find it interesting. Anyone else, the article itself breaks down into information much more thoroughly.