In 2025, Democrats have been on a remarkable winning streak. Across 42 state legislative and U.S. congressional races in 18 states, Democratic candidates have outperformed their 2024 results by an average of more than 15 percentage points over the Trump–Harris margin in those same districts.
Some of these races have had large margins of up to 58% for the Democratic candidate, but others have had winning margins of 1% or less. These tight races in states such as Delaware, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania rely on votes from abroad to help make the difference. We're proud to help engage and support voters, and provide wins up and down the ballot.
In 2024, Americans abroad votes made the difference in some of the year’s most important races — including Senator Elissa Slotkin’s victory in Michigan and two nail-biting wins in California.
In Michigan, Senator Slotkin won by 19,006 votes, and the state counted 21,128 ballots from overseas voters.
In California’s 13th District, Adam Gray (D) beat John Duarte (R) by just 187 votes. With nearly 350 ballots from Americans abroad, our votes likely delivered that win.
And in California’s 45th District, Derek Tran (D) defeated Michelle Steel (R) by only 653 votes — with more than 1,300 UOCAVA ballots cast. Once again, Americans abroad helped turn the tide.
Other Historic Impacts
In 2020, Democrats Abroad played a pivotal role in increasing the civilian vote abroad by 73.5% over 2016. As a result, overseas votes made up the margin of victory for White House and Senate races in Georgia and Arizona.
- Arizona counted 18,435 abroad ballots in 2020. Biden won Arizona by 10,457.
- Georgia counted 18,475 abroad ballots. Biden won Georgia by 11,779
The great news is that Americans abroad vote blue in overwhelming numbers. From 2020 to April of 2024, 77.65% voters using the voting tool votefromabroad.org registered as left leaning. 17.2% registered as having no party preference. Only 2.5% registered as Republican.
Who We Are
We’re 190 countries strong, on six continents, with membership steadily growing with each general election.
How We Help
Democrats Abroad helps voters abroad at both the global and local level. In 2024 our country committees ran thousands of voter support and registration events all over the world. Our online voter support answered over 35,000 voter questions and our live zoom rooms supported more than 4000 voters. Our team of volunteer phone bankers made more than 250,000 calls and 245,000 targeted text messages - almost half a million of calls and texts - to voters abroad.
During the 2024 election cycle, we invested in paid advertising to reach Americans abroad not yet in our orbit. We adapted as access to social media platforms shifted beneath our feet. Our Google ads campaign reached 14.3 million people and our podcast advertising achieved 11.5 million impressions.
Our commitment to strengthening democracy and ensuring the voices of Americans abroad are heard remains unwavering, and we look forward to continuing our impactful work in the years to come.