The True Battlegrounds May Be Across the Sea

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4424056,00.html

True Battlegrounds May Be Across the Sea

Sunday August 15, 2004 10:16 PM


By RANDALL RICHARD

AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - When decision time comes this fall, the real swing votes in the 2004 presidential election may not come from Pennsylvania, Ohio or even the notorious Florida. The ultimate Bush-Kerry battleground may turn out to be somewhere more far-flung and unexpected - Israel, Britain, even Indonesia.

And both political camps say they are getting ready for the fight, courting American voters who are living overseas and taking no chances that the expatriate vote will undermine them at the finish line.

Although an official census has never been taken, between 4 million and 10 million American citizens are believed to be living abroad. Those over 18 are entitled to have their absentee votes counted in the state where they last lived - no matter how long ago that was. And many are planning to do just that.

``There's enormous interest abroad, because the whole of the world depends on the result,'' said Phyllis Earl, 72, who lives in Britain and has not voted in a U.S. election since 1956, two years after she moved overseas.

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[dArKeR]

1. As I posted for the last 3 years, I've never met an American overseas

who supported aWol! (Though I have no idea about xpats in Israel.) There is NO QUESTION what the outcome will be if these votes will determine Kerry wins. NO QUESTION. Any Media Whore who publishes anything but what I've stated is 100% corrupt!

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2. I've never seen a MSWHORE poll go this high. 408,000 57% Kerry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=619312

This is way past the range of being "unscientific"! I think the American GOP Whore Media is just looking for sensational stories to make it look close so they can make more profit!