I question the utility of you having any opinion on US politics, especially at the local level. You are certainly entitled to one but I don't know what it gets you without a vote.
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/abroad/legal-m...
(Not to mention that a Swede can have a very legitimate, personal, vested interest in what's going on in the US, maybe the GP had family vacationing in Vegas. - I had family vacationing in France during the Paris bombings, my mother-in-law called me up frantically that day.)
Maybe I have friends and family there.
Maybe I used to live and work there.
Maybe I have a long distance relationship with someone there.
There are millions of reasons why someone would be interesting in knowing what is happening in a place other than which they current live.