Finalemente, it is Election Day! The biggest problem with being here for the big event is that it seems to last for 48 hours. Even before midnight on the U.S. west coast, the European news channels have trumpeted that today is the day. It is the lead story for all of them and there is extensive coverage of long lines at polling places, potential problems with the vote count and the likely outcome.
Over the past few days there have also been many interviews with people from different countries as to which candidate they favor. Everyone has an opinion. Today we were out running errands and at least three people mentioned that today is the election, asked if we had voted and who we supported. It might only be U.S. citizens who vote but a large part of the world feels they have a vested interest in the outcome. They are probably correct.
Given the nine hour time difference between Italy and the U.S. west coast, my plan is to set the alarm for 7 am tomorrow morning. At that hour (10 pm P.S.T.) the outcome should be pretty clear so I will breakfast with CNN, Fox News, BBC, SKY News and Sky TG 24 (the Italian 24 hour news channel).
The election has taken up so much airtime that I wonder what the news reporters will talk about later in the week. Is anything else happening in the world?!?!
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