Democrats Abroad
Why Bernie Sanders's message resonates with Americans overseas.
Bernie Sanders might not yet be ahead in the delegate counts at home, but his “political revolution” is catching on abroad. American expats favored him 69 to 31 percent in the Democrats Abroad global primary — a contest which is sending thirteen delegates to the national convention.
Voters cast ballots in over 170 countries, and the Vermont senator won decisively in nearly every location from Costa Rica to Germany to Thailand. Some countries — Czech Republic (409 to 99) and Japan (1178 to 176) showed huge victories for Sanders, and he even beat Clinton in unexpected places like foreign policy-wonk-hotspot Geneva and posh Luxembourg.
The only countries that went for Clinton were Singapore, Nigeria (where there was a total of 5 votes cast), and the Dominican Republic, which favored her heavily (350 to 53). But Sanders’s overwhelming victory among expats generally is particularly notable considering turnout was up 50 percent from 2008 — a year in which there was plenty of worldwide excitement about Barack Obama.