Barack Obama has declared himself “the Democratic nominee for president of the United States”.
He was speaking to a cheering crowd on the last day of the primary season, after receiving the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
I…don’t entirely understand the US system of voting – all I know for sure is that it seems to take a heck of a long time for them to just pick a candidate to run in the election. I don’t think I could get excited about something that too so long to get done with – even if I was a US citizen!
As someone who lives in a totally different country (although it could be argued that at times, the UK is the 51st state), I…care even less now, even if whoever is eventually (like, in a billion years time) elected as the next president will have a fairly large impact on world affairs. Perhaps it’s election fatigue.
And how much does the nominated candidate actually represent the views of the population? It feels like individuals vote for some guy who votes for someone else who votes for someone else who votes for someone else who will pick who THEY want to be presidential candidate for them. Is that really how it works? Can anyone shed any light on how it works?
And then there’s the question of who’s going to be the vice-presidential candidate?
I guess it’s just a case of wait and see.
One thought on “Obama claims Democratic victory”