expats vote all the time. https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2016/11/02/american-voters-overseas-the-51st-statetomahawk6 said:Mexicans in California voted in the election ?Is it legal ?I don't like it people voting in another countries election.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-mex-elect-20180628-story.html
"AROUND 30m Americans have already voted in the 2016 election. This includes military ballots and early voting. Yet it also includes a cohort that is poorly represented: overseas Americans. Where Virginians and Nevadans militate for their concerns in the capital, expatriate issues like double-taxation are largely mute. The government bizarrely doesn’t keep tabs on their numbers, but estimates range from 9m (the State Department) to 1m (the number of overseas tax filers, representing an estimated 2.1m people). The Federal Voter Assistance Program estimates 5.7m."
"Other countries’ diaspora have occasionally amassed a mighty voice at home. In the 2007 French presidential election candidates visited London to woo the 300,000 citizens there, making the British capital France’s sixth largest city. Iraq’s election in 2005 might have been strongly influenced by the more than 1m Iraqis living abroad, but only a quarter of them registered to vote. In America’s 2012 election, 46m people, a third of all voters, cast early or absentee ballots. The most populous place for expats are Vancouver (183,000) and Tel Aviv (100,000). Indeed the day may come when presidential candidates make campaign stops in the 7th arrondissement or Roppongi Hills."
tomahawk6 said:If he follows through on his promise to invade the US with illegals I see a worsening of relations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exit-polls-show-mexicos-lopez-obrador-winning-election-rivals-concede/ar-AAzs5xR?ocid=spartandhp
tomahawk6 said:If he follows through on his promise to invade the US with illegals I see a worsening of relations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exit-polls-show-mexicos-lopez-obrador-winning-election-rivals-concede/ar-AAzs5xR?ocid=spartandhp
Mexico has facilitated illegal aliens from Central and South America before, but if Obrador decides to go through with his threats, his country could pay a huge price. Just the remittances alone would wipe out a nice little chunk of their GDP to the tune of just over 1 trillion dollars a year. President Trump holds all the cards, but Obrador is a massive progressive populist, and as a member of the ruling class won’t feel the same debilitating effects as the average Mexican citizen.
It never pays to threaten the United States.
Pity; Trump seems to like dictators. And that whole 'respecting the press' stuff.... that's just crazy talk.tomahawk6 said:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exit-polls-show-mexicos-lopez-obrador-winning-election-rivals-concede/ar-AAzs5xR?ocid=spartandhp
Addressing accusations of authoritarianism, Lopez Obrador told tens of thousands of supporters last week there would be no dictatorship. He promises to respect ....freedom of the press ....
tomahawk6 said:Mexicans in California voted in the election ?Is it legal ?I don't like it people voting in another countries election.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-mex-elect-20180628-story.html
what does this have to do with expats voting in mexican elections?tomahawk6 said:There is a movement that wants Cali to leave the union.It doesn't stand much of a chance but with all the Hispanics in Cali they could vote to join Mexico.
what does this have to do with the Mexican election?tomahawk6 said:Cali joining Mexico would be a win win for Mexico.The main stumbling block is water.Cali gets theirs from border states.Actually some want to break Cali into 3 states,which wont work for the red states.
In 2015, 10.7 million immigrants comprised 27.3 percent of the population, how many of them do you think are Mexican?Altair said:what does this have to do with the Mexican election?
I'm honestly confused as to how a election in Mexico leads to a discussion of California leaving the union.
Jarnhamar said:Sounds like the new Mexican president is threatening weaponizing immigrants.