‘Secret swing state strategy’: Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote
WASHINGTON — Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky’s thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules. But there’s another looming deadline for the political science and international development student: the U.S. election.
Wesoky, a 20-year-old from Virginia, is one of more than 2,000 American students studying at McGill. There are thousands more at universities across Canada, and Democrats are betting their ballots could play an important role come November.
“Students abroad can be, and often are, the margin of victory,” said Wesoky, president of Democrats at McGill and executive vice-chair of Democrats Abroad in Canada.
The Democrat and Republican campaigns have begun a final, intense sprint following a tumultuous few months that included the attempted assassination of Donald Trump as well as President Joe Biden removing himself from the race.