How US Expats Vote and Why More Americans Abroad Are Liberal

There are between 5-9 million Americans living abroad and only 5% of them turn out to vote.

Every election is determined by the people who show up.
— Larry J. Sabato

Find out why US expats abroad have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic in America, despite having the power to swing elections. Learn why US expats are ignored by the government, political pundits, pollsters, and research centers, despite being a voting bloc with the population equivalent of the 11th-largest state in the country.

US expats abroad have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic in America, despite having the power to swing elections. US expats are also ignored by the government, political pundits, pollsters, and research centers, despite being a voting bloc with the population equivalent of the 11th-largest state in the country.

In this podcast, learn what the implications will be of remote work on the 2020 election and future election cycles, as well as how remote work will redistribute the American electorate and affect the electoral college map.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

  • Why Americans abroad have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic (<5%)

  • Who US expats voted for in past primaries and national elections (Republicans and Democrats).

  • Why more expats vote liberal rather than conservative.

  • Why no one knows exactly how many expats live abroad.

  • Why the US tax code is forcing more Americans abroad to renounce their US citizenship, and what we can do about it.

  • The many ways you can vote from abroad.

 

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