Gunny-
You live in France. How do you have a dog in this fight?
I guess I'll have to do a better job of reading the threads. I missed this.
You are correct, I am retired. I have been retired for a couple of years. But yes I do have a dog in this fight. Not only am I an American tax payer with income producing property in the US, I still have close family ties there. My oldest daughter and my grandsons live in the US, as does my mother and sister.
Even if it were not for those ties, anyone who can vote, or influence others to vote in the US elections should do so because of the impact the American decisions have on the rest of the world.