New York Times: “With the U.S. presidential election just over two months away and the Republican convention opening on Tuesday, it is not lost on either camp that American expatriates might make a difference this year, much like the role they played in Florida in 2000. Overseas voters, especially military voters, cast crucial votes in a close election ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in favor of George W. Bush.”
“The common caricature is that expats tend to be affluent, or
military-linked, and thus conservative; or unpatriotic malcontents, and
thus left-leaning. The actual picture is more complicated.”