U.S. Media Ignoring World's Biggest Election

Alexandra Hartman, PolicyMic: The man tipped to be the next president of India, the world's largest democracy, is also one accused of orchestrating ethno-religious riots that killed hundreds over a decade ago. This has set off alarm bells across the globe -- but not in the U.S., where the media seems to not be bothered. ... India's voting age population numbers at around 814 million people. To put this in perspective, if India retains its turnout from the last parliamentary election (an impressive 58 percent), the number of people voting outnumber the entire U.S. population by about 158 million.

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