An Asian American Republican group has officially endorsed Joe Biden for president one day before the 2020 election. The National Committee of Asian American Republicans announced the endorsement in a press release. Its support for the Democratic nominee is a shift from 2016, when the group backed President Donald Trump's first White House bid. The...
Outside of a polling site in Plano on a windy fall afternoon, Bollywood music echoed from a speaker on the sidewalk. North Texans walked towards the entrance of the Davis Public Library on the first week of early voting as the bouncing chorus of “Desi Girl” filled the air. The Bollywood chart-topper announced the presence...
As America decides Tuesday whether to give brash billionaire Donald Trump four more years or replace him with Democrat challenger “Sleepy Joe” Biden, as the incumbent calls him, Indian Americans seem to hold the key to the White House. They make up just about 0.82% of 240 million voters, but thanks to their demographic profile...
WITH LESS THAN two weeks left for one of the most chaotic presidential elections in American history, the Indian American community with 1.4 million registered voters seems to be reiterating its traditional preference for the Democratic party. Despite isolated pockets of support for President Donald Trump, especially on account of his friendship with Prime Minister...
Should all states implement same-day voter registration? What are the potential barriers to the widespread adoption of this practice? If the goal is to make electoral participation easier, then, yes, we should implement same-day voter registration. We have systems in place that allow us to check residency and eligibility credentials. Same-day registration removes a point...
Indian Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic, but experts say the Trump administration has worked hard to create inroads for Republicans, notably through foreign policy. Both campaigns have repeatedly focused on the group, a recognition of its growing political clout in turns of voter participation, fundraising and running for office, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a UC Riverside political...
Much of the angst heading into Nov. 3 is thanks to a few hard-to-hold states with a well-earned reputation for being wishy-washy where presidential elections are concerned. UC Riverside political science professors were polled on their predictions for eight battleground states, and the results carry some optimism for the Joe Biden camp, while also suggesting...
A new survey conducted by the Southern California News Group (SCNG) and the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside (CSI-UCR) was released today. The survey was a representative sample of Southern Californians, and focused on the November election, political attitudes, and the impacts of the pandemic among other topics. The survey was conducted between...
“In general, what many of the findings point to is that there are a fair number of Republicans and Democrats in Southern California who agree on the general ideas behind democracy and democratic principals,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at UC Riverside and founding director of the Center for...
Four years ago, Louie Tan Vital received an invitation from her 81-year old grandmother, an immigrant, to join a prayer rally for whom she hoped would be the next president of the United States, Donald Trump. To be respectful, Vital attended, but she didn’t actively participate. “I was incredibly uncomfortable. And I remember talking to...
On a Thursday afternoon in early May, Governor Gavin Newsom briefed reporters on California’s progress in containing covid-19, advising residents that they would have to wait a while longer for some businesses to reopen. “This whole thing started, in the state of California—the first community spread—in a nail salon,” he said. “I just want to...
The Asian American voter bloc is more important than ever. As the fastest growing population in the United States, Asian American voters may prove to play an essential role in an increasingly diverse electorate. According to a report from CBS News, Asian Americans now make up more than 11 million voters in November’s election. Moreover...
Indian Americans, numbering more than 4.16 million, have become an important voting bloc in the United States. According to AAPIData, roughly, 1.8 million Indian Americans are eligible to vote in the 2020 election cycle. They include 160,000 eligible voters in Texas, 87,000 in Florida, 61,000 in Pennsylvania, 57,000 in Georgia, 45,000 in Michigan, and 36,000...
The familiar rhythm of the festivals has been absent this year. The Japanese spring festival in April. The Indian food festival in May. Filipino kamayan feasts in the fall. Like so many other events this year, festivals across Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have been scuttled because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, too, has...
W A S H I N G T O N – AARP released new findings from recent national surveys exploring the key priorities and concerns of Asian American voters age 50 and older. Results from the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS), conducted by AAPI Data on behalf of AARP, APIAVote and Asian Americans Advancing...
WHAT issues are top of mind for Asian American registered voters over the age of 50 going into Election Day? Health care (93%), jobs and the economy (89%), education (87%) and national security (87%) are among the concerns Asian American voters rated as “extremely” or “very” important, according to findings released by AARP, the nation’s...
The picture — or the lack of one — was worth a thousand words. “For one of our mailers, I was looking for pictures of candidates with AAPI voters — and they mostly just don't exist, because candidates aren't talking to AAPI voters,” recalls Chavi Khanna Koneru, executive director of the civic engagement organization North...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A recent survey shows that all Asian American groups polled plan to vote for Joe Biden, with the exception of Vietnamese Americans, who favor Trump. The "2020 Asian Voter Survey (AAVS)," carried out by AAPI Data and based on telephone interviews conducted online from July 15 to Sept. 10 on 1,569...
Asian Americans are less likely to plan on voting in 2020 than other minority groups, according to a series of Insider polls conducted from August and October found. This data is based on an aggregation of eight polls with a combined 8,975 respondents conducted on SurveyMonkey Audience from August through early October. Respondents were asked...
There are arguably historic levels of anxiety leading up to the 2020 presidential election, and forthcoming UCR research holds the party faithful on one side are feeling it more than the other. In 2016, UCR psychology researcher Kate Sweeny conducted a survey of voters for eight weeks leading up to the election. In that survey...
