I have a modest proposal. Australian voters should get to determine the result of the forthcoming US election. After all, we’re the ones paying the most attention.

Not all Australians are as insane as me and my family and friends, I realise that. But many are. You can see it in the lists of most-read stories on Australian websites. We just can’t get enough of American politics.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris with Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention.Credit: AP

We sit on the couch, texting each other. “Did you see Michelle Obama’s speech? What about Tim Walz? Do you think Beyoncé will appear?” On Monday night we find our life hardly worth living as it’s Sunday in America, so there are no late-night news shows on which to binge.

We’re convinced we are insiders and use the language of insiders. We talk of the “DNC” and list the swing states with ease. Anthony Scaramucci, political podcaster, is referred to as one might a treasured uncle from the Italian side of the family.

“Did you hear what The Mooch said?” my younger son texts me. The Mooch’s latest podcast has only been up for an hour but the young fellow has already consumed it. I feel a need to point out to him, and myself, and everyone else I know: “This is all very well but you do realise we don’t get a vote?”

Even crazier, I find myself knowing more about American........

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