The world was definitely watching as the US went to the polls on Tuesday. Many people turned to YouTube to view the latest figures as states turned in their votes, where an apparent 84 million hours of presidential election day news were watched from all around the globe.
I had a brief nap while the votes were being counted, and woke up to a stream of WhatsApp chats from friends in India who had been awake for hours and knew the probable result before I did.
The reason that they were tuned in, like millions of others, was because of the massive international consequences that a US election has on the whole world. From economic decisions to introduce tariffs on imports, or exports, to decisions on military and development aid spending, the ramifications rattle around the planet.
