Having written about a couple of his campaign events in the past, it should be clear by now that we are unabashed supporters of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois who is running for president of the United States. It's not that we didn't try to find Shanghai-based groups supporting other candidates; it just appears there aren't any. Now that Obama has sewn up the Democratic party's nomination and can focus on the general......

A quick reminder to all the Americans out there: Vote. Democrats who have registered for the 2008 Global Presidential Primary, go here to vote before next Tuesday. If you didn't register for the Global Primary, unfortunately it's too late to vote online1. But you can go to votefromabroad.org to request your absentee ballot for the November General Election. 1 You still may be able to vote in your state's primary the old fashioned way, if......

Shanghaiist is happy to learn that we finally have a chance to break free from the shackles of political impotence and actually make somewhat of a difference in the increasingly heated U.S. presidential campaign. Democrats Abroad, the overseas branch of the U.S. Democratic Party, is holding its first global presidential primary from February 5th through the 12th. For the first time, expatriates who are American citizens have a chance to vote in the Democratic primary......