In just 24 hours, the world may be a very different place. A new US President will be on his way to the White House and, if we're to believe the polls, it looks as if history will be made with the first black candidate, Barack Obama, voted in. The US elections are a bit like Marmite for the British public - you either love it or hate it - there's no in between.
At yesterday's team meeting, the FW journalists decided to wade into election fever too and give it a bash online with a focus on how the two candidates view farming and their differences in agricultural policy. We had no idea whether anyone this side of the pond would be remotely interested.
Kansasfarmer, a regular fwispace user from the US, has plenty to say about the election and is a big fan of McCain's running mate Sarah Palin from Alaska. UK farmers, it seems, are pretty interested too judging by the response to a thread on the forums and our short video made by FW's economics and global markets editor Philip Clarke. At the last look, the FWi poll on "who would you like to see win the US election?" was showing 27% for John McCain and a whopping 73% for Barack Obama.
Some might say the swing is not surprising given that the Democrats had twice as much money to throw at the Obama campaign and their guy doesn't seem to have put a foot wrong. What a cool, unflappable campaigner.....
If he makes it tomorrow, he's going to need all that calm leadership to sort out the mess in the US and pretty quickly. As we discovered all too recently with the financial crash, America's problems can infect the UK big time if not addressed properly.