Going back to the original thread question, I hoped for and am very glad that Obama won. And yes, I care passionately about American politics – so much more exciting than our own in my view.
I’m surprised at the number of comments that profess that the American electoral system is difficult to understand. It’s much more like ours than people might imagine. Think of each of the fifty states as constituencies and the electoral college as the House of Commons (winner takes all in each seat/state) and you can’t go far wrong.