Is there any international interest in the results of off-year elections in the US?

It isn’t as interesting, since the major figures largely stay the same. As far as I understand it, the mid-term elections are more likely to affect how easily policies are passed into law than the formation of policies themselves. But it does still impact the rest of the world, as it can increase or decrease the likelihood of fiascos like the debt ceiling rubbish that nearly sank the world economy.

Sure, there were a bunch of Facebook posts in my feed today about how masochistic Americans are.

F*ck! There is not even any national interest!

I came to this thread to post exactly what @rojo just said. Americans in general are more interested in what Kim Kardashian is doing than following national politics.

The top headline in the BBC News reports, both yesterday and today, were about the US off-year elections taking place.

BBC World News this morning had a lengthy segment about the mid-terms.

That answer of Zenvelo deserves better than a mere “great answer.” There are places in the world where the midterm elections in the United States may well determine who will starve!.

@stanleybmanly What answer of znevelo? Where?

Click on the red “this question” in the question at the top of the page. Apologies. I can’t think of a less confusing way to state it

Aha. Got it now. Thanks.

And what I was referring to in my answer was the abhorrently high voter (or should I say non-voter) apathy.

Our leaders are chosen by the few who choose to vote and these few are becoming more extreme in their desire to shape the country in their own image.

The vast majority just want to be left alone.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.

The BBC & Sky report heavily on it, that’s not to say anyone here gives a shit, because the vast majority of us don’t.

^^ditto.

^^Expand?

….that’s not to say anyone here gives a shit, because the vast majority of us don’t. That is true even, or especially, here in the US

So much more clear than ditto