Questions For USians Who Know More About US Politics Than I Do

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I'm an "American" who prefers "USian", mostly because I've had more than one friend from Mexico or South America who takes offense to the US' hijacking of the term "American".

The dummies aren't "American" because only citizens of the United States are referred to as "American".  Everyone else in the Hemisphere are referred to by their national origin.  They can also be referred to by their continental origin, such as Mexicans being referred to a a North American or a Bolivian being referred to as a South American.  That's like a Belgium being referred to as an European or a Indonesian being referred to as an Asian.