Democrats Announce Push to Add Overseas Votes in Effort to Pad Swing-State Support
Democrats will invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in registering and turning out voters living abroad to help the party win crucial swing state elections in November, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Monday.
The $300,000 investment is earmarked for an organization called Democrats Abroad, which works to mobilize members of the Democratic Party living in foreign countries to vote and engage in liberal activism, according to the DNC. Democrats say this is the first time in a presidential election that they have funded voter outreach to the millions of Americans living abroad, only 8% of whom the DNC claims are registered to vote.
“This election will be won on the margins, and every single vote counts,” DNC Deputy Executive Director Roger Lau said in the press release. “With the largest investment in Democrats Abroad this cycle, we’re going to win this election by engaging voters inside and outside the U.S., and this investment shows our commitment to leaving no stone left unturned.”
The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be a tight race, with Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by just one point as of August 12 in The New York Times’ average of polls. Harris and Trump are also neck and neck in polls covering key swing states.
“Team Trump is leaving no stone unturned by meeting voters where they are and encouraging every eligible Republican voter to cast their ballot for President Trump,” Republican National Committee Spokeswoman Anna Kelly told the Daily Caller News Foundation when asked about what efforts conservatives were looking at to match Democratic operations. “Through programs like Protect the Vote and Swamp the Vote, the RNC and Team Trump are protecting the vote via our first-of-its-kind, year-round Election Integrity Department while maintaining a robust political operation through offices and staff in every battleground state.” (Read more from “Democrats Announce Push to Add Overseas Votes in Effort to Pad Swing-State Support” HERE)
