International Interference in U.S. Elections

Here we go with polls again.

A group did a poll in thirty-five countries outside the United States on who they favored to win the U.S. election on November 2nd. Kerry carried thirty of thirty-five countries, some in very wide margins.

So?

That’s over there and I don’t care what the world thinks about our elections. Personally, I think Kerry would do a better job of running France than French President Chirac. That’s a debate for another day. I also think some of these other nations should be getting their own houses into order before they try telling us how to run ours.

If it came out that any country had tried to influence the U.S. elections, I would consider that an extremely unfriendly act, whether or not they support the candidates I favor. The principle of respect for sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations says that one nation does not campaign for or fund specific candidates in the election process of another nation or nations. Some nations have interfered and it's caused some scandals in past elections.

This is why the U.S. is keeping a hands-off approach to the Afghan elections and the upcoming Iraqi general elections. Iraq is again a sovereign nation. So is Afghanistan.

International governments and agencies (like the International Monetary Fund) should stay out of the internal political affairs of the United States. The American people will deal with the U.S. elections without help from overseas, thank you very much.