Barack Obama won this election in a landslide as well.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s International Student Services held a mock election Tuesday for those on campus who are unable to vote because they’re not American citizens.
With 160 people casting mock ballots between noon and 8 p.m., the Obama-Joe Biden ticket received 134 votes — or 83.7 percent. The Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin received 15 total votes (9.4 percent), while the independent ticket of Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzales got five votes (3.1 percent). No other candidate received more than two votes.
“I think an Obama win would really change how others view the United States,” said Debbie Cheung, a native of Hong Kong and a UW-Madison finance major who has been living in the U.S. for four years. “Obama is from such a diverse background that he would definitely bring some different, diverse thoughts.”