By Courtney Wentz | Assistant Editor
Everyone knows what the United States thinks of the upcoming election, but other countries have opinions about the election too.
Giada Lancellotti, 21, from Ostigliano, Salerno, Italy, is worried about who the next president will be. She said, “I know that who we elect in Italy does not really affect other countries, but you are going to elect the president of one of the biggest world powers.”
Lancellotti has never been to the United States, but she understands the rights and how important it is to vote. She knows three languages: English, French, German, and some self-taught Spanish. She is starting University in Pescara, Italy to become a translator in London, England to translate books.
Lancellotti doesn’t like either presidential candidate, saying Trump “is a stupid, racist, xenophobic ‘being’ who shouldn’t be able to speak” and Clint to a “freak,” even though she does think Clinton would be the better choice, saying Trump running the United States “sounds like a joke.”
James Corcoran, 26, from Carlow, Ireland, thinks the election is a “highly important matter,” saying he doesn’t find either candidate appealing. He said President Obama may be hard to live up to because of what he’s done for the United States and its allies.
Corcoran travelled to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2006. While he was there, he went to an American school for a day and from what he saw we actually do have cliques. When he was in school he studied television, film, and journalism.
He does think Clinton is the better candidate, saying, “Hillary has the capacity and potential to run the country the way in which it should be.” Corcoran believes Clinton could provide a stable economy for the United States. Corcoran also said Trump’s public image wasn’t welcoming, compassionate, or empathic enough.
Tasmin Poole, 18, from Caldecott, South Wales, said “If I were an American citizen, I would vote Clinton and pray that she has the ability to listen to the people because I truly believe Trump will not.” She thinks “Clinton is the lesser of two evils,” which seems to be a common thought.
Poole has been to Orlando, New York, and New Jersey in the past ten years. She said while in New York, Trump was starting to get covered by the media. She is also doing a degree in Modern history.
Poole said if Trump won, “America would lose any respect from the Middle East, Mexico, and South America, along with strong, female led countries.”
