elections

I feel it's pretty common for most people to feel isolated from the outside world while at college. Sure, we have student newspapers but of course it's not like reading a real paper. Add to that the distance of an ocean, and it's difficult to keep in touch with US news. So now that it's primary season, anything I hear I have to log on-line and find, it's not a hot topic in most conversations.

While travelling I overheard a lot of conversations about the upcoming American presidential on the train. I 'spose that's a likely place. While at the B&B in Salisbury I read The Times (assume it's London Times) every morning, during Iowa caucus time. Most of the articles focused on explanations of the political process. When they keyed in on candidates the focus was primarily on the Democrats.

I can see how a news-following person in Britain might be more interested in the presidential race than one in America. For one thing, I can only imagine how inundated y'all are with adverts.. it is blissful being away from mudslingings!
At the same time I find it hard to form an impression of the candidates, when all I can do is look at their webpages and read summaries in news articles.