Expat Democrats In Hungary On Trump Victory
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
US Democrats faced an unexpected loss with the outcome of the November 8 Presidential election in the United States. While the Democratic candidate, Secretary Hillary Clinton, lost the race in the Electoral College, which determines a presidential election, she did receive a majority of the popular vote. That final margin is expected to be more than 2 million votes more than Mr. Trump, once all votes have finally been counted.
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Democrats also picked up two additional seats in the US Senate and 6 seats in the House of Representatives, but did not achieve a majority in either house.
Despite this loss in the US election outcome, Democrats Abroad had it’s most successful year ever with over 80% increase in voters using our on-line voter registration tool, and nearly doubling our global membership. In Hungary, Democrats Abroad worked with our Republican colleagues and the US Embassy to host over 20 public non-partisan voter registration events.
“Democrats Abroad will continue to build on our successful growth and voter outreach efforts this year and to ensure that Americans citizens living abroad know that they can vote, and that they have a voice in US elections.” stated Merrill Oates, Regional Vice-Chair, EMEA for Democrats Abroad.
Democrats Abroad is the recognized state Democratic party for overseas Americans. We represent the 6.7 million eligible voters overseas (out of 8.7 total). That’s a bigger voting bloc than all but 12 US states, and we have members in over 190 countries around the world, and 41 country committees. Our primary focus is to get out the vote and advocate for overseas American issues.
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