Canadian Citizens: Vote for the American
Recently polled Canadians were given a choice between our PM candidates and the US presidential candidates to run Canada, and who did the respondents favour? From CTV:
The bi-national survey, conducted by the Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, showed that here in Canada, Obama was more admired than Prime Minister Stephen Harper — or any other national leader.
Here are the full results:
- Barack Obama: 26 per cent
- Stephen Harper: 21 per cent
- Hillary Clinton: 16 per cent
- Jack Layton: 9 per cent
- Gilles Duceppe: 6 per cent
- Stephane Dion: 5 per cent
- John McCain: 3 per cent
Do you think this is a sign of poitical restlessness among Canadians? I can to admit to feeling like I’m picking the lesser of two evils (that is, if I don’t throw my vote away, if such a thing exists). Perhaps Obama’s campaign is having a significant affect on Canadians. I know I’ve been personally touched by the Obama fervour occuring south of the border. Recently, an avid Obama supporter whipped out a bona fide Obama stamp and insisted she stamp something of mine. I gave her my notebook:
This was a month ago. I use this thing as my organizer, so every morning and every few hours after that, I nd up staring down at a mirror image of Obama and think to myself, “He is way more handsome than any of the Canadian candidates.”
