{"id":61638,"date":"2023-12-11T17:13:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T01:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=61638"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T01:13:37","slug":"who-are-americas-new-ethnic-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=61638","title":{"rendered":"Who Are America\u2019s New Ethnic Voters?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the U.S. grows more diverse, so do its voters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As the U.S. grows more diverse, so do its voters.<\/p>\n

At a Dec. 8 Ethnic Media Services briefing, experts discussed who these new ethnic voters are, what motivates them, and how their affiliations compare to their white counterparts.<\/p>\n

AAPI party preference<\/h2>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to candidates, voters\u2019 party identification shapes their opinions on issues more than the other way around,\u201d said Karthick Ramakrishnan, public policy professor at UC Riverside,\u00a0AAPI Data<\/a>\u00a0founder and\u00a0California 100<\/a>\u00a0co-founder.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example,\u201d he continued, \u201cno matter your opinions on taxes or environmental protection, your Republican, Democratic or Independent identity will likely shape them over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among AAPI voters, he found that Vietnamese Americans tend to identify as most strongly Republican, while Japanese and Indian Americans tend to identify as most strongly Democratic. \u201cSo it\u2019s interesting that Indian Americans like Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley have risen to such prominence in Republican leadership, far from Indian American voter opinion,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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