# What do folks in other countries think about US election craziness? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480 "2020-11-01T14:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/161 "2020-11-09T03:40:12Z")
Well, if Brazil, then they have mucho craziness themselves. Oh, and I forgot the Philippines in the list of ‘democracies’ that are pretty damn bad. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/162 "2020-11-09T04:10:11Z")
Argentina ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/163 "2020-11-09T04:10:48Z")
🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/164 "2020-11-09T04:13:10Z")
Boy, do they. Argentina’s president already congratulated Biden on his victory. Brazil’s… Is a Trumpist and a fascist, but I repeat myself. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/165 "2020-11-09T04:15:17Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > > [@Acsenray](#): > > > > Given that the electoral college votes are distributed disproportionately in favor of low-population states in the first place, I don’t think that at this point switching from winner-take-all to proportionate awarding of the electoral votes on a state-by-state basis would actually make things better. > > You need to both walk and chew gum. > > Fix the disproportion of the EC and switch to proportional allocation of state EC votes. The one and only good result is to give the presidency to the person who wins the most popular votes. Every election in which the candidate who gets the most popular votes lists the election is unconscionable. Allocating electoral votes proportionately on a state by state might make that happen more often than it goes now. So, no. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/166 "2020-11-09T04:22:42Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Argentina D’oh! My apologies. Right continent is NOT close enough. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/167 "2020-11-09T09:49:41Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The one and only good result is to give the presidency to the person who wins the most popular votes. > > Every election in which the candidate who gets the most popular votes lists (sic) the election is unconscionable. This is something Americans get curiously burned up about, but those in other functioning democracies know that winning a plurality isn’t necessarily a good or sufficient result. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/168 "2020-11-09T10:57:20Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > the wants and needs of somebody living in Gillette are VASTLY different from somebody living in Jackson Hole I’ma taking your word on that. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480/169 "2020-11-09T14:23:20Z")
Canadian support for Trump was said to be 16% by pollsters. Because _I would never admit_ to voting for the man - and because many Canadians would be highly critical of supporting this President - it is probably slightly higher. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-folks-in-other-countries-think-about-us-election-craziness/924480.md?page=8)