Americans abroad signing up to vote

Speaking from my experience, I have never heard so many ex-pats talking about the vote.  I disagree with the Republican in the article who believes that there are more Republican voters overseas because they "tend to be business leaders."  Sure, a lot of ex-pats are business people (myself included) but that in no way guarentees a Bush vote.  The internationall business climate for Americans is not as easy as it used to be.  I tend to think that there are plenty of non-business people abroad such as teachers, professors, journalists, etc who tend to vote more Democratic.  I guess we'll all find out soon enough, but for now, everyone is chasing down potential voters.

The votes of U.S. citizens living abroad are being courted by the Democratic and Republican parties more aggressively than in any previous election, officials from both parties said. They said the narrow outcome of the 2000 election...has motivated them to register every voter possible, including the millions of citizens who live abroad and are often overlooked.
 
Officials at the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the government agency that handles overseas voting, said that in 2000 they had 250,000 requests for voter registration applications from U.S. citizens living abroad. This year, as of earlier this month, they had sent out 340,000, and they expect to mail many more before the November election.
 
"It's at fever pitch," said Connie Helque, of the Association of Americans Resident Overseas in Paris. She said one man walked into the group's office and asked for 40 registration cards, saying he was going to get all his friends registered.