Democrats Living abroad vs. European Voters

[Skwmom]

Hmmm......

Could it be that Democrats living abroad want what's best for America and the American People and the Europeans want what is best for their countries and their people?

[auntpurl]

1. We don't even know who Democrats living abroad are voting for.

The argument is moot.

[Recursion]

9. We went for Sanders about 7:3

Though that's limited to the portion of Democrats Abroad who chose to participate in the global primary rather than vote absentee in their state of registration.

[auntpurl]

10. Yes - 35000 registered voters on Democrats Abroad

out of 8 million Americans living abroad. Not a valid measure.

I vote in my state primary - Pennsylvania. So do most expats. Democrats Abroad is more a media phenomenon than anything else.

[Recursion]

12. Agreed, though the DA convention next month in Berlin sure sounds nice...

Expats' votes are rarely even counted anyways, honestly, but I agree we have no idea what the majority of expats think (and for that matter, the majority of expat AmCits were born in the country they are now "expats" in -- we call them "inpats" sometimes).

[auntpurl]

13. Berlin is a great city.

Not sure I'd go to a DA convention though - sounds like there would be an abundance of Bernie supporters.

[Recursion]

15. If it means getting out of the tropics in May I'd be OK with that...

Also I think the delegates aren't actually committed until that convention, so there could be some switches.

[auntpurl]

16. Right, that's interesting.

Are they not "pledged", in the sense that the American ones are? I didn't know that.

Where are you, then? I've never been in the tropics in May, but I imagine it's humid as...a humid thing.

I'm going to Amsterdam for the first time in June. Very excited! I've been really lucky living in London - flights are cheap to Europe and I've seen a lot of France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the Czech Republic.

[Recursion]

17. Mumbai

Land of Dengue and Smog.

Amsterdam is amazing!!! There's a great oyster place called "The Oyster Club" in the old Olympic Stadium, if you're into shellfish.

[auntpurl]

18. I will check it out. I love oysters!

(This is one of the few nice conversations I've had on DU in weeks and weeks. Thanks for that.)

[DrDan]

2. As do we living in the US

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Why the Europe bashing all of a sudden?

Next we are going to be told to eat Freedom Fries...That's so last decade.

[DrDan]

6. I have no idea

I love europe - lived there for 4 years - travel there annually

[Skwmom]

14. I love Europe too. But, I'd like to see them pay for their own defense so we can take care of the

massive problems we have at home. We do not have unlimited resources.

[NuclearDem]

5. And now we find out if we can fit a whole continent under the bus.

[auntpurl]

7. The bus must be bloody enormous. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Next they will be called Low Information Voters

SMH

[Skwmom]

11. It never fails. Default to the bus meme when you want to ignore the issue.

[JoePhilly]

20. + 1

[floppyboo]

19. from the # of votes cast in Democrats abroad, it looks like the majority

of numbers (the larger numbers) come from countries with large military bases, so 'one' could presume that these are US citizens who are military - and the votes are for Bernie.