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Interviews in a crowded pub are extremely difficult, however, alcohol seems to provide subjects with an interesting take on politics. Many of the people in the pub, surprisingly enough, were neither American nor British. There were groups of French and Australian people intently watching the big projector screen, equally nervous. Almost all of the people in the pub where Obama supporters, though one attendee claimed that "If Obama wins, it will be the death of Israel." When asked to elaborate, n… Continue

1st picture: front page of paper

2nd: election headlines on front pages of almost all major papers

3rd: Election party in pub

4th: Election party in pub

5th: (separate post) nail-biting suspense.

I cannot BELIEVE how many of my friends decided not to vote. They all had opinions, some stronger than others, about who should or should not be running the country and whose values they agreed with, but when it came down to it, they just didn't get out and vote. Some of them said "it's such a hassle" some of them "just didn't get around to it" but in my point of view, those are lame excuses. I can't even begin to fathom why someone would throw away such an important right we are so privileged t… Continue