ExPat Trial

The biggest progressive voting group with the lowest voter turnout of U.S. voters is Americans residing abroad. This group includes millions of eligible voters who do not vote althrough they have a right to. 

 

Because in the US candidates represent specific geographies from small local districts to cities up to states, their campaigns have no incentive to focus on this group. Only candidates for the presidency seek votes from all eligible Americans and Americans abroad are considered the most difficult to reach, because they are. 

 

For this reason no campaign is incentivized to focus efforts on US citizens abroad.

 

The only way to increase focus and investment in turnout abroad is to prove that it can be achieved at scale. The way to do that is via the Captain Method. Few in positions of power believe that scale can be achieved.

 

Turnout Nation very much wants to conduct large scale voter turnout trial among voter abroad. But this must be done in a national election since Americans abroad are from all over the US. 

 

The Captain Method is the most effective turnout method, but takes time. GOTV excitement tends to be ginned up in September and October of even years. A successful trial of this type will take two years to conduct but the infrastructure built will last and pay off for decades.

 

Turnout Nation will conduct a large scale friend-to-friend voter trial among US voters for the November 2026 election. We will start immediately after the 5 November 2024 election. 

 

If you would like to join the planning group for this large scale Americans Abroad trial, please send an email to maria@turnoutnation.org and let us know. 

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