Economist says Bush in a landslide

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althought this isn't really a good poll of voters, the outcome is pretty interesting.

Merrill Lynch

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From the link:

As in most current election polls, the race came out close. By 41 percent to 37 percent the nearly 300 respondents, who together manage around $940 billion in investments, said Kerry, the Democrat, would beat Bush, the Republican. The rest did not know.
But there was a difference in view depending on where the fund manager was based.
"This is very much an international perspective of the election," said David Bowers, Merrill's chief global investment strategist.
Bush won among the 36 North American-based respondents by a margin of 44 percent to 33 percent, among the 68 British-based managers by 37 percent to 34 percent, and among the 43 Japan-based respondents by 49 percent to 37 percent.
Kerry, however, was favoured by the 96 continental Europeans by 46 percent to 33 percent, by 28 Asian Pacific-based respondents by 43 percent to 29 percent, and by 16 South African managers by 50 percent to 31 percent.

Is this media bias in a misleading headline? Do foreign money men know what the American voters think? Seems to me the Americans polled should take precedence with foreign respondents as a footnote. Am I being insular? Not thinking globally? Don't see the big picture?