Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest-growing racial groups in the country, and the 2020 census is expected to reflect continued rapid population gains among these populations. Yet at the same time, the U.S. Census Bureau’s research has shown Asian Americans are the racial group least familiar with the census, as well as those...
When it comes to Democratic presidential candidates, analysis on third quarter filings with the Federal Election Commission shows that the entrepreneur Andrew Yang is the top recipient of Asian American donations. However Christine Chen, executive director of APIAVote, a nonpartisan civic engagement nonprofit, previously told NBC News that the donor population may not be perfectly...
Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg held campaign events in Los Angeles over the weekend, including a breakfast meeting with members of various Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. In a roughly 40-minute appearance, the former New York mayor visited Paris Baguette in Koreatown on Saturday, January 18, where he addressed attendees and shared his...
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden picked up an endorsement on Friday from a super PAC focused on mobilizing Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. “We believe that Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Trump and lead our country,” Shekar Narasimhan, chairman of the AAPI Victory Fund, said in a statement. “Out of all...
The way that candidates handle their performances at Tuesday’s date could further illustrate their ability to address a wide-ranging Democratic electorate — or highlight the limitations they still have in doing so. “You’re not losing white voters by having a diverse debate stage, you might lose minority voters by not having a diverse debate stage,”...
“It’s no exaggeration to say that (the Inland Empire and Central Valley) could determine the winner of the California primaries,” Karthick Ramakrishnan, a UC Riverside political science and public policy professor, wrote in a commentary posted on CNN.com. Billionaire and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg visited Riverside on Sunday, Jan. 5, to open...
Research by CSI Researcher Stephanie DeMora and Karthick Ramakrishnan on Asian American campaign contributions featured in NBC News article. Read more here
Karthick Ramakrishnan quoted in this decade-in-review article, offers perspectives on the growth in Asian American community activism during the 2010s, and prospects for the future. Read more here
Front-page article in the Press-Enterprise, Sun, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin featuring our State of Civic Engagement report and perspectives from our community partners. Read more here
New York Times article quoting Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan and featuring data and insights from AAPI Data, which publishes demographic data and policy research about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Read more here
Vox article by Li Zhou with commentary by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan on presidential candidate Andrew Yang being the only person of color on the stage at the November 19, 2019 presidential debate. Read more here
CNN op-ed by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan, discussing the reasons why presidential candidates should spend a lot more time and effort in the Central Valley and Inland Empire. Read more here
ABC News article by Alisa Wiersema with commentary by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan on potential shift in political power for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the nation's fastest growing– and often politically overlooked– ethnic group. Read more here
Press-Enterprise op-ed by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan discussing growth in Latinx and youth turnout in the Inland Empire, as well as the ways that Census outreach is positioning the region for even stronger civic engagement in the future. Read more here
Article cites research by Loren Collingwood and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside, showing a 20% boost in Latinx representation in cities that switched from at-large to district systems. Read more here
Regardless of the numerous challenges AAPI in the state face, the majority, 62 percent, continue to believe in the American dream, as defined as “if you work hard, you will get ahead.” The group is relatively more hopeful, compared to overall Californians, 47 percent of whom believe the American dream still holds true today. The...
Arias was an aide in Congress in the 2000s when he was tasked with helping relocate a last wave of Hmong refugees from Thailand. He worked with the elders, who serve as the community’s spiritual and cultural leaders and who fought in the Vietnam War. The Hmong community in Fresno has flourished, Arias said, with...
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community is fastest-growing among other racial group in the U.S., growing over four times as rapidly as the total U.S. population. They make up close to 15 percent of the California’s resident population, the AAPI Data report states. Ethnic groups lumped together under the “Asian” umbrella perpetuates the stereotype...
Washington Post article by Kim Bellware and Deanna Paul with commentary by Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan on Texas state lawmaker who lost the endorsement of Gov. Greg Abbott after making comments focusing on his opponents' ethnicity. Read more here
