If
you live in the US you know without a doubt you know that there will be a
Presidential election in November 2016 – 15 months from now. You’ve been bombarded
by information about the election for months and months already.
You may
also be aware that our neighbor to the North, our largest trading partner, Canada
will hold an election in approximately seven weeks. Announced just days ago the results will
matter for all of us. Yet that news
doesn’t make headlines here.
More
likely you’ve heard that there will be an election in Greece in slightly less than
thirty days. That does make headlines
these days.
It’s
easy to think these are the only national upcoming elections in the next few
months. But that’s not correct.
While
the US press is focused on the statements, some sensible, some crazy of
potential US candidates for an election 15 months away, more than a dozen
countries, near and far, trading partners, potentially important markets will
hold election that whose outcome will make a difference for all of us. Keep an eye out for the results of general,
parliamentary and presidential elections in the reminder of 2015 in Egypt,
Turkey, Venezuela, Guatemala, Belarus, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire to name
just a few.
Do a
search. Check it out. See what’s happening around the world. Who will the leaders be? And wherever you are, if it there’s an
opportunity, don’t forget to vote.