As Nevada caucuses near, Asian Americans in valley ready to flex political strength

By Kelcie Grega |

Asian Americans have the lowest rate of civic participation, just under Latino voters, according to the Pew Research Center. Language and cultural barriers contribute in the lack outreach, causing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders voters to either be under informed or totally unaware of the political process entirely, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a University of California, Riverside political science professor who conducts surveys on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders voters.

They are also at a geographic disadvantage, with a high concentration of them living in states that vote late in the primary and generally go blue anyway. Nevada, a battleground state in past elections and with a high Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders population, is an exception.

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