Center for Social Innovation
Less than a month is left for America to vote for its next president, and for a while now, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden camps have been making attempts to woo the significant Indian-American vote bank in the US. And according to a representative online survey by Indian-American Attitudes Survey (IAAS) and analytics firm YouGov, involving 936 respondents, the Indian-American vote continues to attach strongly towards the Democratic party. Top issues for these voters were found to be economy (21%), healthcare (20%) and racism (12%) respectively, while US-India relations figured second to last on the priority list with only 3% ranking it as the most important election issue.
There are apparently 4 million Indian-Americans in the States, and reportedly, 1.3 million of them are adult citizens, which means they are eligible to vote. Indian-Americans also happen to be among the most highly educated racial or ethnic group in the country, with 70% of those above the age of 25 been found to have college degrees in 2010, and are also generally well off.