Election Reactions, Part II

Noted on November 10, 2008 | By Natanya in

From Leah Severino, UO intern at the IIE. The people I interacted with from co-workers (U.S. gov't employees), Mexican gov't employees, house mates to taxi drivers were all excited, engaged and talking about the election. Mexicans are never shy to ask you what you think and who you are voting for...many of them are Obama supporters. When I asked them why they support Obama they all had the same answer, hopes for a stronger economy, immigration legislation that was just and equitable and a foreign policy in Latin America that was less violent.

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World reactions to the U.S. Election

Noted on November 7, 2008 | By Natanya in

We've asked interns currently abroad to share their stories from the recent U.S. election. See what they say.

Julie Pliska, Ecuador: "People in Ecuador seem to be happy with the change. It has been brought up by many of the doctors that we have been working with, and all in all everyone seems positive."

Matt Flax, Shanghai, China: "I was at work while the results were coming in. All morning coworkers asked me for updates. At Noon, a friend of mine from Switzerland who is also here in Shanghai sent me a MSN message saying NBC had declared…

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