With the selection process for candidates now well and truly underway, there is only going to be more and more coverage of the US presidential election. However, all of this media attention begs the question, is it really worth it – should we really care about who becomes President of the United States of America.

To tell us why it makes a difference, in this podcast, we speak to Jason Shepherd, who worked for a former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Travis Mooney, who is leading the UK campaign to select Bernie Sanders as the Democrat candidate.