Against Charles Bridge Backdrop, Democrats Abroad Announce Tally for Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders
- KerryMcQ
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min read
I later spoke to Roger Johnson, Czech Republic Chairman of a similar organisation, Republicans Overseas, of which he is also Vice President for Europe. According to a U.S. State Department estimate from 2016, there were 9 million Americans living abroad. Support among them for (and membership in) the Republican Party is generally lower than for Democrats, with the exception of at military bases.
I began by asking him the nature of Republicans Overseas, which unlike Democrats Abroad, is not directly affiliated with the party, but also works to get out the expat vote and, among other things, lobbies for members’ interests, such as repealing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) passed by the Obama Administration...
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