Should all states implement same-day voter registration? What are the potential barriers to the widespread adoption of this practice? If the goal is to make electoral participation easier, then, yes, we should implement same-day voter registration. We have systems in place that allow us to check residency and eligibility credentials. Same-day registration removes a point...
Indian Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic, but experts say the Trump administration has worked hard to create inroads for Republicans, notably through foreign policy. Both campaigns have repeatedly focused on the group, a recognition of its growing political clout in turns of voter participation, fundraising and running for office, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a UC Riverside political...
Much of the angst heading into Nov. 3 is thanks to a few hard-to-hold states with a well-earned reputation for being wishy-washy where presidential elections are concerned. UC Riverside political science professors were polled on their predictions for eight battleground states, and the results carry some optimism for the Joe Biden camp, while also suggesting...
“In general, what many of the findings point to is that there are a fair number of Republicans and Democrats in Southern California who agree on the general ideas behind democracy and democratic principals,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at UC Riverside and founding director of the Center for...
Four years ago, Louie Tan Vital received an invitation from her 81-year old grandmother, an immigrant, to join a prayer rally for whom she hoped would be the next president of the United States, Donald Trump. To be respectful, Vital attended, but she didn’t actively participate. “I was incredibly uncomfortable. And I remember talking to...
On a Thursday afternoon in early May, Governor Gavin Newsom briefed reporters on California’s progress in containing covid-19, advising residents that they would have to wait a while longer for some businesses to reopen. “This whole thing started, in the state of California—the first community spread—in a nail salon,” he said. “I just want to...
The Asian American voter bloc is more important than ever. As the fastest growing population in the United States, Asian American voters may prove to play an essential role in an increasingly diverse electorate. According to a report from CBS News, Asian Americans now make up more than 11 million voters in November’s election. Moreover...
Indian Americans, numbering more than 4.16 million, have become an important voting bloc in the United States. According to AAPIData, roughly, 1.8 million Indian Americans are eligible to vote in the 2020 election cycle. They include 160,000 eligible voters in Texas, 87,000 in Florida, 61,000 in Pennsylvania, 57,000 in Georgia, 45,000 in Michigan, and 36,000...
The familiar rhythm of the festivals has been absent this year. The Japanese spring festival in April. The Indian food festival in May. Filipino kamayan feasts in the fall. Like so many other events this year, festivals across Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have been scuttled because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, too, has...
W A S H I N G T O N – AARP released new findings from recent national surveys exploring the key priorities and concerns of Asian American voters age 50 and older. Results from the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS), conducted by AAPI Data on behalf of AARP, APIAVote and Asian Americans Advancing...
WHAT issues are top of mind for Asian American registered voters over the age of 50 going into Election Day? Health care (93%), jobs and the economy (89%), education (87%) and national security (87%) are among the concerns Asian American voters rated as “extremely” or “very” important, according to findings released by AARP, the nation’s...
The picture — or the lack of one — was worth a thousand words. “For one of our mailers, I was looking for pictures of candidates with AAPI voters — and they mostly just don't exist, because candidates aren't talking to AAPI voters,” recalls Chavi Khanna Koneru, executive director of the civic engagement organization North...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A recent survey shows that all Asian American groups polled plan to vote for Joe Biden, with the exception of Vietnamese Americans, who favor Trump. The "2020 Asian Voter Survey (AAVS)," carried out by AAPI Data and based on telephone interviews conducted online from July 15 to Sept. 10 on 1,569...
Asian Americans are less likely to plan on voting in 2020 than other minority groups, according to a series of Insider polls conducted from August and October found. This data is based on an aggregation of eight polls with a combined 8,975 respondents conducted on SurveyMonkey Audience from August through early October. Respondents were asked...
There are arguably historic levels of anxiety leading up to the 2020 presidential election, and forthcoming UCR research holds the party faithful on one side are feeling it more than the other. In 2016, UCR psychology researcher Kate Sweeny conducted a survey of voters for eight weeks leading up to the election. In that survey...
Indian-origin people are reckoned to be one of the robustly growing immigrant groups in the United States of America — it grew by 38% between 2010 and 2017 — so much that they are touted to make a significant contribution in the 2020 US election on November 3. Although the US Census Bureau does not...
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Democratic National Committee is seeking to secure the Filipino American vote in Nevada and across the country through a new digital advertising campaign in the Asian Journal. The Asian Journal — one of the largest Filipino American publishing firms in the United States that releases six...
As The Los Angeles Times reported recently, if Proposition 16 passes, it would foster state and local programs that could help Black-, Latino-, Asian- and women-owned businesses regain a foothold in the state’s multibillion-dollar procurement system. The measure’s “Yes” campaign has endorsements from the governor and top public university officials, and has raised more than...
In the seven months of the Covid-19 pandemic, good data have yet to emerge showing how many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contracted or died from the disease and how the group's death rate compares to those of other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Ideally, each county in the country would collect...
How to use division in pursuit of a better America is the focus of Colbern and Ramakrishnan’s book, Citizenship Reimagined. These two scholars argue that, to counter toxic federal regimes and expand the rights and powers of regular people, states should exercise powers that we typically think of as federal. They call this approach “progressive...
