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Inspired by our 10 questions, we have been running the poll 'Who would you vote for for President of the World?' for the past 10 days.

The poll was composed of an eclectic group of people, including:

Barack Obama, Lisa Simpson, Hillary Clinton, Arundhati Roy and David Sizek.

We are proud to annonce the winner RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW:

The person you would most like to become President of the World is former South African President and Human Rights Activist Nelson Mandela.

Unfortunately Nelson Mandela is retired right now and we don't have a global government.

Thank you all for your votes!

Recently Nigeria's Senate President David Mark announced that the 2007 Presidential elections were legitimate.

Mark said that the elections mark a milestone in Nigerian Democracy as it is the first time one Nigerian government has been democratically replaced with another.

According to allAfrica.com Mark

"urged politicians to learn to accept election results in good faith,
saying that there would always be a loser and a winner in any contest."

After four crazy months, we are sad to say that it is the end of the Why Democracy House?

It has been really hard and crazy work, and we have all had a lot of fun. 

This site will keep being up to date, but it will no longer be run out of a house in South Africa. However it will be as virtual and current and committed to being an online platform for discussion about democracy.

Also, there is an article about Why Democracy and the house in the South African weekly Mail and Guardian.

Is Democracy Good For Everyone?

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Since today sees an end to our 10 questions feature, it is only fitting that we end with a question that is at the heart of this project. Over the last few months, the Democracy House has been attempting to start a global debate about democracy. Our efforts have not been in vain as our forums have had constant activity. Our channels on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and Flickr have had substantial interaction making the Why Democracy? project a resounding success.

Through these various discussions, the question of the day has been answered many times and on a number of levels. We have ultimately left it up to our readers to discuss whether democracy is indeed good for everyone. The answer after reading hundreds of contributions? Undecided!