Would like to be corrected if I'm wrong, but my impression is that the majority of Americans abroad who vote tend to vote Democratic, which helps to explain why it's particularly in the interest of Democrat Party types to encourage Americans abroad to vote.

Would like to hear more from non-Americans about US Democrats - points of view that most Americans can't seem to take seriously.

Sorry but I think enthusiasm among many Americans here for either of the 2 major US parties is pretty much on the wane. However, I do think that there may occasionally be issues on which we can form temporary coalitions, so if you guys can come up with projects that don't cause me to laugh, cry, or lose my temper, please let me know, I'll drop by for a chat.
Meanwhile, you might benefit from going back half a century and rereading the Port Huron Statement - tell us what you think, and maybe we can go on from there, at least until the inevitable conflicts between your whole circus with the Republicans, on the one hand, and the rest of us, on the other, become too intense to contain the charade you're involved in.

@KuiXing: any idea what the law is about refusing foreign guests? I've had the experience of staying in a hotel in Jinghong that was not, apparently, registered to accept foreigners or whatever, but then they accepted me, I just had to go to a photocopy place and copy my passport details, etc. Have returned to this place many times, they remember and accept me now with no trouble. Room 60rmb.
However, I think different provinces may have different regulations about all this.

@KuiXing: any idea what the law is about refusing foreign guests? I've had the experience of staying in a hotel in Jinghong that was not, apparently, registered to accept foreigners or whatever, but then they accepted me, I just had to go to a photocopy place and copy my passport details, etc. Have returned to this place many times, they remember and accept me now with no trouble. Room 60rmb.