The World is 4 to 1 Behind Obama

I saw this BBC post yesterday,

"People outside the US would prefer Barack Obama to become US president ahead of John McCain, a BBC World Service poll suggests.
Democrat Mr Obama was favoured by a four-to-one margin across the 22,500 people polled in 22 countries"

22,500 people polled may not completely represent the entire world; however, it should be given some credence. After all, US national polls are often conducted with only 1000-2000 participants and considered accurate.

With a number of US polls now showing McCain and Obama virtually tied, why is it that us global citizens are so much more in favour of Obama than McCain? Is it because as outsiders we can take a more unemotional view of the US electoral candidates? Or perhaps it is because our own national media stations are not so completely controlled by one party; we don't get constantly subjected to fear and smear campaigns.

I'm not saying the Democrat party is perfect in their campaign approach or policy, but 4 out of every 5 of us world citizens would gladly choose Obama over the alternative. For the benefit of everyone, US voters please listen to the pleas of the global public. Vote baby vote.