Riverside and San Bernardino counties used to be known for their vast citrus groves and agricultural way of life. But in recent years, the Inland Empire has cultivated suburban subdivisions and massive warehouses and logistics centers. These changes have made the region a magnet for folks leaving cities like LA and Long Beach — particularly...
“There isn’t as much awareness, yet about the rising political influence of our community, too. I mean, we are still a smaller population relative to African American, Latinos, etcetera, but that’s not an excuse. They still need to be paying attention to us,” said Marita Etcubañez, senior director of strategic initiatives for Asian American Advancing...
As Huang noted, the AAPI population is the fastest-growing in the nation. Huang herself is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant father and a white mother whose family has been in the U.S. for many generations. Between 2000 and 2019, this demographic grew 81%, significantly more than the 70% increase among the Latinx community, according...
Elaborating, she added: “Asian Americans ranked healthcare (88%), jobs and the economy (85%), inflation (83%), crime (85%), education (82%), the environment (75%) and gun control (73%) as ‘extremely important’ or ‘very important’ issues when deciding their votes in November.” “Political parties need to cease their views that Asian Americans only care about crime, or only...
The Republican National Committee is also taking stock of what motivates AAPI voters, with outreach such as setting up tables at gas stations to ask residents about their concerns. The committee's presence in Orange County, where it opened an AAPI community center last year, is its strongest in the state because of its "robust team,"...
"My ideas about the Inland Empire have always been seeded with a prickly skepticism" writes Tyrone Beason in the latest installment of his L.A. Times series, "My Country." But as Beason immersed himself in the vast region, he discovered a bygone California of orange trees and wild burros that's drawing more and more people of...
According to AAPI Data’s analysis of the census’s 2020 American Community Survey, 32 percent of Asian Americans — the highest of any racial or ethnic group — and 12 percent of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have limited English proficiency and so may face language barriers in trying to access reproductive health care. These groups...
“Voting is your superpower; voting is your voice. Don't think about the politics. Think about the issues that affect you and your family,” said Christina Thor, AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin member. Pew Research data shows 4.2% of Wisconsin’s eligible voter population is Latino, while the AAPI share of the electorate in Wisconsin is 3.3% According...
Today, many women diagnosed with breast cancer live long after completing their cancer treatments and have post-treatment health and information needs. Unfortunately, across healthcare systems, survivorship care is neither consistent nor systematically implemented. By conducting in-depth interviews with 82 breast cancer survivors and 84 providers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, Deborah Lefkowitz...
Today, many women diagnosed with breast cancer live long after completing their cancer treatments and have post-treatment health and information needs. Unfortunately, across healthcare systems, survivorship care is neither consistent nor systematically implemented. By conducting in-depth interviews with 82 breast cancer survivors and 84 providers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, Deborah Lefkowitz...
The new poll, conducted by APIA Vote, AAPI Data and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), highlighted how the community has shown continued enthusiasm for civic engagement this year. AAPI Data founder and director Karthick Ramakrishnan noted that the trend "builds on record levels of turnout that we saw among Asian...
The Asian American Voter Survey, released Monday, examined Asian Americans’ and Pacific Islanders’ attitudes about key issues leading up to the elections in November. It found that while hate crimes and education continue to be significant to Asian Americans, the group’s priorities also lie in issues like health insurance, the economy and the environment. In...
Nearly 70 percent of Indian American voters have the deepest loyalty to the Democratic Party and are more likely to favor those candidates in the November elections, a new survey has revealed. Conducted by Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), AAPI Data and Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the ‘ 2022 Asian American Voter Survey’...
Karthick Ramakrishnan, a co-founder of AAPI data, observed that the survey data rebuts the perception, fueled by the Model Minority myth, that Asian American issues are less important because they are more successful than average, or that they tend to be less politically involved. “What our data over the years consistently has shown are that...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced a seven-figure investment in digital, print and radio advertising to engage with AAPI voters. Recent research conducted by AAPI Data, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and APIA Vote found that 52% of registered AAPI voters surveyed reported not being contacted at all by the Democratic Party. Around 60%...
AAPI voters are worried about inflation, the economy, voting rights and immigration, the survey found. But interestingly, health care tops the list of their concerns. “That’s fascinating. We don’t typically think of this as a health care election,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of AAPI Data. But he said, lingering pandemic and other Covid-related economic disruptions...
While Asian Americans comprise a multitude of ethnicities and languages, this survey shows that on many issues, they have many areas of common concern and interest, where they tend to vote as a bloc. This includes everything from the economy to healthcare, the environment to the need for stricter gun laws.” “Asian Americans are among...
The latest bi-annual survey of Asian American voters tracks the group's continued enthusiasm in civic engagement. "This builds on record levels of turnout that we saw among Asian American voters in 2018 and in 2020," said AAPI Data founder and director, Karthick Ramakrishnan. The 2022 Asian American Voter Survey by APIAVote, AAPI Data, and Asian...
Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder of AAPI Data, said Asian Americans have been left out of lobbying on other important matters like environmental justice or gun control, despite supporting policies like stricter gun laws. “Asian Americans are not single issue voters — they’re not just civil rights voters, they’re not just immigration voters,” Ramakrishnan said. APIA Vote...
Fatima and Arthur Nelson II had their own reservations before they moved with their three children in early 2021 from Long Beach to Moreno Valley, a city of about 215,000 where residents ride horses on the streets and hillside trails. But their new city’s racial diversity — which was missing in their old neighborhood —...
