Dear Americans: do you pay attention to presidential or Prime Minister elections in other countries?

Many nations see the United States as a standing threat. At the very least, we are potentially dangerous to other nations. Our election matters a great deal, given our wealth combined with our military power. The United States is not similarly threatened by other nations. When you add to that the fact that the United States can meet almost all of its own needs within its own borders, it should be evident why Americans don’t pay much attention to other nations, while other nations care very much what happens in American politics. I do, myself try to keep up with political developments in other nations, but there are more than 200 of them, so it would be hard to know who and what are important in all of the rest of the world.

I don’t think many Americans are aware of head of the states of other countries barring a select few ( Friends and Foes). Knowing about their election process will be asking for too much..)

Most of the free world depends on the US for their defense. They also rise and fall economically with the US. What happens here has a much greater impact on the rest of the world than any other single nation. It makes sense to keep track of what happens here. Events in other countries can affect us as well but it becomes much more complicated. I do like to follow politics in the UK and a few other countries but I don’t get too deep into their issues. As you state in the question there is little coverage of their elections so getting into the individual issues is difficult.

I do follow a bit. Not so much to rattle off names, but enough to know what is going on in a macro sense.

I know a more than average. I glance at UK news sites (The Independent, the Guardian, and the BBC) almost every day.

But giving myself a little quiz, even among the G20 I can only name seven leaders.

If you want to give it a try, here’s the G20.
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
European Union

I knew Canada, China, France, Germany, Russia, USA, and UK (Embarrassed I don’t know Mexico and Japan.)

Answers here.

I do. In addition to numerous online sites around the U.S., I check in with news from the U.K. and Germany nearly every day, and frequently also from Canada. From time to time I look at news sites and online newspapers in Scotland, Australia, India, Thailand, and elsewhere. The French don’t seem to want to put their news in English. I closely followed the Scotland separation vote and likewise Brexit. I also watch what is going on in North Korea via various sources, none of which claims certainty in its reports.

I feel strongly that perspective is always good for us, even if right now we are looking like crass idiots.

Honestly no. Trying track of our local senators and congressmen and governors and the policies they plan to enact is enough to keep me pretty busy. I only concern myself with things I actually may have some sway over by voting. I do a little light reading in world events but there isn’t anything I can do to sway their elections. Then there is the fact that I would have to learn all about their recent history to come to an opinion that no one would care about except for myself.
If I worked in politics then it would be a different matter.