Are Indian People interested in US Presidential Elections?
At this stage, very few. In fact even among those who are interested, most may not even know who are in the race, when exactly the upcoming election is going to take place, etc. The number is bound to increase in the later stages of the election. Still, it is not going to be even one percent of the population. And most of this one percent will consist of those from four major metros.
This is not very surprising actually. This is not so because of any ill feeling towards the U.S. In fact, it will be same for almost all other countries, may be with sole exception of Pakistan. At present, the process of electing the new president of India is underway. But I am sure that the response of Indian people in this election is not great either. But interestingly, during the last two decades or so, people were much more keen and interested in U.S. presidents than ever before. And I understand that Clinton was the most popular U.S. president ever, when it comes to Indian people.
R.S.
