Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California at Riverside, directs the National Asian American Survey. He said that Indian Americans have been among the most liberal subset of Asian American voters.

“The Democratic Party had a lot more credibility as being seen as the party of anti-discrimination, more welcoming to immigrants, to Indian Americans,” Ramakrishnan said. “That’s made it very challenging, even before Trump, in terms of making inroads with the Indian American community.”

Ramakrishnan said he does not discount the value of symbolic events such as Trump’s participation in a huge rally in Houston for the visiting Modi last fall, or the larger lovefest Modi has promised to Trump in India. But he said the effect on voters is likely to be slight.

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