Asian American voters prioritize candidates’ policy positions over their racial identity
97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
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97% of Asian Americans registered to vote say a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their race or ethnicity when deciding whom to vote for.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the eligible voters in the United States.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
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