United Kingdom reaction underscores significance of U.S. election

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How is the rest of the world taking the US election

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is creating waves across the pond, where residents of the United Kingdom have taken interest; Greg Palkot reports

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is creating waves across the pond, where residents of the United Kingdom have taken interest.

“It’s the most important election ever,” a British woman said.

U.S. voters will head to the polls on Tuesday where they'll decide whether to re-elect President Trump, who is seen by some experts as reflective of a global populist uprising which, in part, prompted Brexit in the UK.

Analysts say there is a "quiet Trump vote" abroad, but a recent YouGov poll conducted in the UK and across Europe found that only 15% of those surveyed favored a Trump re-election.

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At the same time , though, Europeans are skeptical about a Biden presidency. Two-thirds polled did not have “high expectations” if the former vice president made it to the White House. 

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Trump has become a "global" phenomenon, according to Deputy Editor of The Spectator magazine Freddy Gray. "Both the hatred of him and this fascination with him," he said.

When one woman in London was asked why she was supporting the former vice president, she replied, “I’ve had enough of Trump.”

Another man who was backing Trump said: “Entertaining, entertainment only, love it.”