I seldom get political in the blog even when it involves situations in which I can actually vote. For example, I've not typed a single character on this keyboard about the recent Canadian federal elections nor next month's municipal ones. I mentioned the reason here back in 2006:
"Some blogs focus exclusively on politics. Frankly, I can't think of a more useless exercise. If people happen to agree with the point of view, they may read the entire entry; however, of what benefit would that be? On the other hand, if readers' views differ then they won't bother to venture past the very first sentence."The whole world does take an interest in the US elections though, especially this time around. I was amused to wake up to an email from an ex-colleague in Dubai which contained this. If you wait til the end you can even send one like it to others!