Originally Posted by JGQ

As an American from an international background I am not surprised. You can break down his international appeal to two key points:
1) Personal Appeal:
- He is racially mixed (While and Black)
- Father from Kenya ( a developing African country),
- lived abroad (has a sense of the larger world not just the US).
He is breaking so many "Mental" barriers that you can’t help but to root for him

2) Foreign policy appeal:
He is saying that he is willing to talk to anyone and have a diplomatic discussions on any topic if it resolve a conflict; a clear departure from the current administration. We saw what “going it alone” did to the US and the world in general.

IMHO it is not socialism, it is the man and his world views.

Now as a US voter, I am not a big fan on the tax increase or the big spending plans that are not accompanied by single program elimination. I am concerned about his health care plans... but these are all Domestic issues the world voters don't care about.