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Americans living and serving overseas could tilt the 2020 election – if only they voted

  • Written by Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageMilitary voters can register to vote using their permanent U.S. address or, in some states, their parents' address.Official Army Photo/Dustin Senger

U.S. citizens who live abroad are a largely untapped voter pool big enough to decide the presidency.

In the 2000 contested presidential election, Republican candidate George W. Bush’s campaign...

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