The increasing political inclusion of diaspora populations around the world has raised questions about their influence on electoral outcomes back home. In Kenya, emigrants have advocated for direct influence through external voting rights, while less attention has been given to the ways in which they may also indirectly influence elections through economic remittances. In this research note, we explore diaspora efforts to influence elections through the perspectives of domestic voters, which are often overlooked in the literature on diaspora voting. We surveyed a nationally representative sample of eligible voters within Kenya prior to the August 2022 presidential election and posed parallel questions to a smaller sample of diaspora Kenyans. Domestic voters strongly support direct diaspora participation in elections for president, but not for lower-level offices. Our survey results also indicate that roughly one of every seven eligible voters in Kenya was encouraged to vote in the 2022 election by friends and family abroad from whom they receive remittances. Thus, emigrants may have more influence on elections through their connections at home than through their direct votes. Drawing on the Kenyan case, we explore some directions for future research on transnational citizenship and voting rights.

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通过选票和汇款发出声音：侨民影响选举的努力

世界各地侨民日益增加的政治包容性引发了人们对其对家乡选举结果影响的质疑。在肯尼亚，移民主张通过外部投票权产生直接影响，而较少关注他们也可能通过经济汇款间接影响选举。在本研究报告中，我们从国内选民的角度探讨了侨民影响选举的努力，而这一点在有关侨民投票的文献中经常被忽视。我们在 2022 年 8 月总统选举之前对肯尼亚境内具有全国代表性的合格选民样本进行了调查，并向少数海外肯尼亚人样本提出了类似的问题。国内选民强烈支持侨民直接参与总统选举，但不支持较低级别职位的选举。我们的调查结果还表明，大约每 7 名肯尼亚合格选民中就有 1 人受到国外朋友和家人的汇款鼓励，在 2022 年选举中投票。因此，移民通过国内的关系可能比通过直接投票对选举产生更大的影响。我们借鉴肯尼亚的案例，探讨了跨国公民身份和投票权未来研究的一些方向。