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Asian-Americans
The Asian-American population -- people with ethnic ties to countries such as Japan, China, Korea, the Phillippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Indian, and Pakistan -- is another fast-growing minority, making up nearly 5% of the U.S. population. It’s also a super-important part of the electorate in many states: California, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, Utah and Washington in the West; Missouri and Illinois in the Midwest; New Jersey, Maryland, New York and Massachusetts in the Northeast; and Florida, Texas and Virginia in the South. Because their population numbers are higher in those states, Asian- American voters will play a large role in how the elections play out there.
Asian-American voters are split among the parties: 40% are either registered or lean to Republican, 36% are either registered or lean to Democratic, and 24% hold other affiliations.
Because so many Asian Americans are immigrants -- about 61% were not born in the U.S. -- they tend to be especially interested in issues such as immigration and educational and employment opportunities for people for whom English is a second language.
If you’d like to find out more about Asian American voters and civic involvement, check out:
APIA Vote
www.apiavote.org
Sources:
*“Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004” Report by the U.S. Census Bureau
**CBS News Poll, June 2008
***“Hispanics and the 2008 Election” Report by the Pew Hispanic Center
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