Americans poll better in India than Americans do in America, says US Ambassador Eric Garcetti

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[Indians] do that are better than us [Americans]." He said that during election times in India, there are people who check trucks to make sure that nobody has cash going around. "There's probably walk-in money, as they call it in some cities here in the United States, Philadelphia, that's like a tradition where cash kind of gets you votes and things like that. So, I've been impressed with certain things they do that are better than us," the US diplomat was quoted by PTI as saying.

ALSO READ: Eric Garcetti: New US Ambassador to India is a controversial figure - here’s why When asked about the status of democracy in India, Garcetti said, "Again there's things that probably are worse and there's things that are better. They have a law, you can't go more than two kilometers to vote. So there''ll be one guy who lives in the mountains as a monk (at) someplace.

They will walk for two days to bring the voting machine, execute the vote." He, however, added there are things that "we keep our eyes on. And I just disagree that we don't speak out about them." ALSO READ: Indians better than Americans in many ways, says US Ambassador Eric Garcetti, dismisses concerns about democracy "You have a lot of leaders there who have come worked, been educated here, have an affinity. There's a huge positive polling of Americans.

I told the president before the state visit that Americans poll better in India than Americans do in America. They like us more than we like ourselves. That's rare in the world today," Garcetti said, adding that Poland is the only other country that comes close.